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alangyssler

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Mar 5, 2005
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Buffalo Grove, IL
I've been looking round for the ability to add wireless connectivity to my QuickSilver 733 G4 (2001 model), and have struck on success! I purchased a Belkin F5D7000, version 3 (says 3000 on box) for about $30 from Fry's Electronics (outpost.com). I had to go to ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm and download the driver for 10.4+. I installed it, restarted, and opened up my System preferences and Internet Connect. IC showed that there wasn't an Airport Connection available ("No Airport Hardware Found"). So I went into System Prefs, into "Network," and selected "Network Configurations," and chose PCI Ethernet Slot 2 (as it was installed in the PCI Slot 2 on the back of my comp), and all was well! Sweet!

Let me know if anyone else trys this, has success, or problems. Just figured I'd let everyone know that it's possible. I've seen tons of negative reviews on the D-Link stuff, and figured I'd give Belkin a go.

There's four screen shots to show some of the screens I had to go through / what they looked like when I was done.
 

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