Mac Pro / G5 Wireless Upgrade Kits

[ldneil]

Hi there!

Does anyone know the exact name and part numbers for Wireless upgrade kits for the following machines:

G5 Dual 2.0 ghz - (main board has 8 slots for RAM upgrade)

Mac Pro Quad 3.0ghz

I've been searching around in circles trying to find this out and I'm just getting no where!

Really appreciate any help one this one!

many thanks,

_neil_

 

[AppleNewton]

I believe your looking for Apple part number MA252G/A


Some links:

http://www.welovemacs.com/6613692.html

http://www.mac-pro.com/Apple-Wirele...wer-Mac-G5-Dual-or-Power-Mac-G5-Quad-MA252G-A


http://www.macuser.de/forum/showthread.php?t=143115
(may want to use Google translator [german], it also provides very nice photos of installation]


you may also research that part on ebay might get a decent deal too.


hope that helps!

 

[velocityg4]

Jumpin Jehosaphat those are expensive

You may want to consider a USB Wireless-N dongle. This Maxpower is $50 and has a USB extension cable so you can position it for better reception.

Alternatively since the G5 has PCI slots you can get the Newer Tech PCI wireless-n.

 

[AppleNewton]

Jumpin Jehosaphat those are expensive

You may want to consider a USB Wireless-N dongle. This Maxpower is $50 and has a USB extension cable so you can position it for better reception.

Alternatively since the G5 has PCI slots you can get the Newer Tech PCI wireless-n.

yeah theyre quite spendy for some bizarre reason, id recommend the 802.11n Dongles they do the trick just as well and are considerably cheaper.

on my 1.8Ghz single-cpu G5 i used a dongle and it works without any issues.
i tried to tether it to an AirPort express; it worked but i wanted less cabling a bit cheaper solution.

 

[ldneil]

hey folks! many many thanks for the excellent tips! I'm very interested in the Max Power Wireless unit - but I live in the UK. Can you suggest something similar over here that will do the same job?

thankyou so much!

_neil_

 

[velocityg4]

hey folks! many many thanks for the excellent tips! I'm very interested in the Max Power Wireless unit - but I live in the UK. Can you suggest something similar over here that will do the same job?

thankyou so much!

_neil_

Here is Newer Technologies international resellers listing.
http://www.newertech.com/inter_resellers.php

Here is one of the UK resellers.
USB Dongle
PCI Card

Their are probably cheaper resellers in the UK but I do not know the UK Mac stores. Just look for Newer Technology products in other Mac stores you may know of since Newer Tech products are all made for Mac.

Also many other wireless products can be made to work with Mac OS X. Their are only a handful of chipsets that the majority of manufacturers use. Just google by name and model number for Mac OS X compatibility. For some their are third party drivers and some just plug in and work in Mac OS X. Many others just require a minor edit of the driver to include your cards vendor and device id's.

 

[ldneil]

ah cheers really appreciate that !