My father just gave me a Power Mac G4, but it doesnt have a wireless card. I know that the Apple Airport cards work but I was wondering if there was anything cheaper than the 60-100$ I would have to pay for one of these.
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Power Mac G4 Wireless Help
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Cheap Wireless PCI card
There is a card on NewEgg that costs only $27 with shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156165
Read the reviews and there's one G4 owner who says it works with a $15 driver you can get here
http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html
The driver is better than Apples because it lets you access stuff like fine tuning the transmit power, things you usually only get when you work with it on a PC
There is a card on NewEgg that costs only $27 with shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156165
Read the reviews and there's one G4 owner who says it works with a $15 driver you can get here
http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html
The driver is better than Apples because it lets you access stuff like fine tuning the transmit power, things you usually only get when you work with it on a PC
I picked up the Asus WL-138G V2 for less than US$20 today for my MDD G4 PM.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/dec06/120406.html#S22082
I will confirm that it works or otherwise in a day or two.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/dec06/120406.html#S22082
I will confirm that it works or otherwise in a day or two.
Thanks for confirming this, I had seen it mentioned working for hackintoshes but if it should work for them it should work for a PPC as well
I can confirm the Asus works just fine in a DP500 G4 Gigabit Ethernet model running 10.5.6. Card is recognized as a third party adapter in System Profiler
Get a beefier antenna than the droopy 2 db antenna it comes with though
Get a beefier antenna than the droopy 2 db antenna it comes with though
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The original airport cards have come down in price. Where do you see them still selling for $60-$100??? They can be had for $30 now a days. But getting any of the other options can get you a G speed card as the original AP was only 802.11b.