On 12/20/10 5:24 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Dec 18, 2010, at 11:03 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote:
What do I need to do to get the G4 iMac to connect wirelessly to the
internet?
So Maybe this iMac doesn't have Airport since it was connected to one
with Ethernet???
It appears your iMac doesn't have an Airport card installed?
If you're lucky and have a USB 2.0 G4 iMac you can use faster Airport
cards or even used a USB wireless adapater. It might be smarter to use
a USB adapter, generally any with a Broadcom chipset can be recognized
in OS X identically as Apple "Airport" using all the built-in OS X
software. Otherwise, an Airport Extreme 802.11b/g card is the OEM card
for the USB 2.0 G4 iMac, although there may be newer 802.11n cards
that fit, I don't know?
If you're unlucky and have a prior model with only USB 1.1 you're
kinda stuck. These use an original Airport 802.11b card, and the USB
is too slow to go any faster than 802.11b, so even though you could
use a faster USB adapter, it would still be going slowly because of
the USB limitation. You can open up the iMac and look for the Airport
card, and if there's not one installed and you need wireless, buying
an original Airport 802.11b card is probably the best solution. The
fastest solution will be to use the wired ethernet cable at 100 Mbps.
FYI maybe this will help: G4 867 Quicksilver -- OS X Tiger 10.4.11, USB
1.1, no Airport card
After almost a week of total complete hell back in early October when I
first moved here -- both me and my BF banging our heads against the wall
UNSUCCESSFULLY trying to get my G4 1.5 GHz Mini to share its
(Airport/DSL wireless router) Internet connection with the
aforementioned Quicksilver via Ethernet -- we finally got the
Quicksilver online with a USB adapter. It's a Belkin 54g USB Network
Adapter with a driver called Wireless Utility v 1.2.80u which took me a
whole day to FIND even (BF had an older version of the driver which
worked on HIS Quicksilver, a dual 1 GHz running Tiger 10.4.3). I'm not
familiar at all with iMacs (never used one) but this adapter and driver
got my Quicksilver online, so if your iMac has USB, I don't see why this
wouldn't work for you too, Jane. Also need to mention: I don't notice
ANYTHING slow about my Quicksilver's Internet performance at all. At my
previous residence, the Quicksilver was directly connected to the
router, which "fed" the Airport-equipped Mini and also my iBook and the
Quicksilver's connection is just as good either way.
~Yersinia.
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