[G4] Which airport card for a Power Mac G4 Mirrored Drives

[Luke Rademacher]

One thing I am curious why are you using an Airport Express? From  
what I've looked at the Airport Express was a smaller  WiFi system  
primarily for handling only a small number of Users and also for  
using the AirTunes setup.

And yes, I guess technically according to Sonnet Tech's site the Aria  
card can work with Windows. As for Linux I don't see why not, just  
have to search around for a compatible Driver.

Okie dokie.


Luke Rademacher
Liquid Zone Graphics
Mac mini 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GB RAM, 80GB HD, Combo DVD/CDRW,  
Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.4, ext NewerTech miniStack w/ 320GB HD.
MDD Dual 1.25Ghz G4, 2GB RAM, 250GB/120GB/80GB HD's, 16x DL DVD±R/RW  
Superdrive, Mac OSX Tiger 10.4.11, Classic Mac OS 9.2.2.
Intel Celeron 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, Ubuntu Linux 8.04
5.5th gen 80GB Enhanced Video iPod
Canon CanoScan 8400F
Canon Pixma iP450

On Aug 23, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Jonathan MIller wrote:

> Thank you all for the quick feedback.
>
> BG, I can't use the hardwired port because I have no ethernet  
> nearby.  I need to connect via wifi.  Jay, I understand what you  
> are saying about using the Airport Express and connecting it to the  
> MDD via ethernet.  This works only if you have the Airport Express  
> in WDS mode, extending an existing Airport base station.  Trouble  
> is, I have an existing third party access point in the house  
> connecting 8 other clients, so the Airport Express can't run in WDS  
> mode to extend the range of the wifi net to the MDD.  It could only  
> run in client mode, and then the enet port is disabled and the  
> Express becomes simply a destination for AirTunes and print jobs.
>
> I think I am going to go with a third party PCI 802.11n card.   
> Don't see a Sonnet 802.11n PCI card, just g, on SonnetTech's site.   
> Luke, can you tell me what you are using?  And do you recommend the  
> Sonnet PCI adapters for Ubuntu and Winblows machines?  Looks like  
> good hardware.
>
> Anyone have any experience with the MacWireless 802.11n PCI card  
> for $90?  See http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/ 
> wireless_cards/11n_cards/11nPCI.php
>
> JM
>
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