[X4U] OT - wireless card for quicksilver

[Robb McDonald]

I am using a Linksys wireless card with a linksys wireless router no
problems, I can link to my daughters imac with a Belkin USB wireless too.
No complaints at all.



> 
> On 12 Jan 2006, at 21:39, alexandre wrote:
>> 
>> i'm thinking of buying a second hand g4 (digital audio, quicksilver).
>> what are my options for wireless connectivity? since original
>> airport cards are quite expensive, i was thinking of looking into
>> third-party products.
> 
> There are a number of PCI 802.11g cards that use the same Broadcom
> chipset as the Airport Extreme.  At least some of these are
> recognised as an Airport Extreme if installed in a PowerMac running
> (I think) 10.3.5 or later. With other cards / versions of OS X.3 it
> may be necessary to edit a .plist file to achieve this result. A
> Google for "Airport PCI" or "Airport PCI broadcom" will probably turn
> up some relevant results (otherwise add "OS X", quoted, to your
> search terms).
> 
> If this is too much hassle for you the easiest way to connect any
> device with Ethernet to a wireless network is by using a wireless
> bridge. These can be used with Playstations & Xboxes, so are often
> sold as "wireless gaming adaptors" and are easy to set up using a web-
> based interface.
> I suggest something like one of these:
>    http://www.netgear.com/products/details/ME101.php
>    http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WGE101.php
> 
> Stroller.
> 
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