Hello G-listers:
I need an Airport card for my G3 (CRT) iMac/500. Discontinued but still pricey. eBayed already. My daughter has one in her G4 Sawtooth tower.
Ding! (a lightbulb moment).
Now why don't I put hers in my iMac, and get her a generic PCI wireless card
and save. Is this a dumb idea? Is Apple's Airport Card that much better than the
generic (new) PCI cards advertised everywhere for much less?
The problem, as I understand it, is the airport software doesn't work with the bulk of the chipsets used with many of the generic WiFi adaptors.
I know for a fact that the Broadcom chips are supported by the Airport software (and I read a reference that Apple finally admitted it as well).
What you are thinking about is what I did as well. I picked up a Buffalo WiFi PCI card on sale and dropped it into my B&W. The Airport software picked it right up and Tavish is talking with the rest of the machines and can access the 'net just fine.
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