[X4U] Driver for wireless card on Powerbook G3?

[Rick Smykla]

Hi Mark,

I used to use the free driver available at sourceforge, and although  
last time I checked it showed 10.2 compatibility, I was able to  
install it under 10.2 and it kept working after the upgrade to 10.3.
<http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/>

That said, at some point I had to reformat my drive and couldn't get  
the driver working again on my Lombard with Orinoco silver card. This  
driver from IOexperts will work, but it's not free:
<http://www.ioxperts.com/80211b_X.html>

Another choice may be the Orangeware driver, available here:
<http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html>

though I haven't tried this one. Both of the last two offer a short  
test session that will allow you to evaluate the driver with your  
card before purchase.

Ralink also provides drivers that work with some Airport compatible  
cards. I haven't checked these for compatibility, but perhaps someone  
else can comment.
<http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm>

Good luck,
RIck


On Sep 26, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I upgraded my old Powerbook G3 (Wallstreet) to OS 10.2 (haven't run  
> software update yet). I have a wireless Orinoco Silver card by  
> Lucent Technologies that worked great under OS 9.2 but doesn't work  
> now (it shows up in the menu bar but that's about it). I figure I  
> need some sort of driver for it and I was wondering which one you  
> good people would recommend?
>
> Also, what's the highest OS I can install on a Wallstreet 300mhz? I  
> searched Apple and I found one place that said 10.2.9 was the max  
> but somewhere else it talked about 10.3.
>
> Mark Des Cotes
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