[G4] 802.11g through USB?

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

Also without out USB 2.0 ports the High speed (54 Mbits per second)  
Airport Extreme speeds  would not be possible with either of the usb  
adapters, without a usb 2.0 port, which is not on the G4 MDD . So  
your only options for hight speed wireless is a PCI card upgrade  
option of some kind...

In-other words:

USB 54G wireless adapter on usb 1.1 port speed   about =  regular  
Airport card speed (11 Mbits per sec)

PCI  USB 2.0 card + USB 54G wireless adapter about = Airport Extreme

PCI wireless card  = Airport Extreme


Daniel J. Brieck Jr.



On Nov 30, 2005, at 3:05 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote:

> Josh,
>
> One is in the UK, and the other is in the US.  That might make a  
> difference, depending on where YOU are.  Also, the UK one needs a  
> USB 2.0 port.  Do you have one, or are you still on USB 1.1 (which  
> I suspect you are)?  If so, then the one in the US would be the  
> right one for you.
>
> But, if you have an open (empty) PCI slot inside your Mac, I really  
> recommend the Sonnet Aria Extreme PCI adapter.  Here is some  
> comparison shopping:
>
> http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=1551294/ 
> search=sonnet+aria+extreme/skd=1
>
> I have the PCMCIA version for my TiBook, and it rocks!  The Apple  
> Airport card that is in the TiBook no longer worked with my Linksys  
> wireless router, and all I had to do was to slip this card in the  
> PC slot of my laptop, and it was working at 802.11g speeds.  If you  
> can afford the extra cost, then I believe that this would be a more  
> robust solution for you.
>
> --Steve
>
> At 11:01 AM -0800 11/30/05, joshua hough wrote:
>> I have a G4 MDD (pre-FireWire 800) that I'm pretty sure will not  
>> do Airport Extreme.  But there are USB adaptors that claim to  
>> fully support Airport Extreme for PCs plus all USB+OSX Macs.   
>> Anyone have any experience with these and able to recommend them?   
>> I'm looking at these two:
>>
>> <http://tinyurl.com/7q8ok>
>> <http://tinyurl.com/99vlf>
>>
>> Which is better?
>> Thanks,
>> -Josh