On Oct 15, 2011, at 12:01 PM, DLC wrote:
I also notice lots of Apple, 3rd party (and Dell) wireless cards such
the following, that claim to be "mini-PCI-E"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180734937482?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1252
Would these work at all?
You can use one of these Mini PCIe cards if you have a Mini PCIe to
PCIe adapter card. This kind is nice:
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130501831715>
This Mini PCIe & adapter combo is probably best and cheapest
alternative. You could use any PCIe only card, or USB dongle also.
You should get a modern 802.11n card with a Broadcom or Atheros chipset.
Here's a list of nice, newer cards that are "Airport compatible" and
802.11n. You can't utilize "AirDrop" on a PPC Mac, it's Lion only, but
these are still the better fastest cards. Older 802.11n cards are only
150mbps, newer ones are dual-frequency 300mbps. You might possible
have to "tweak" the info.plist file within your
IO80211Family.kext>Contents>PlugIns>{appropriate plugin} folder. Real
Apple cards should work out of the box. There's a script to modify the
info.plist for Broadcom cards called bcm43xx_enabler.sh which you'd
open Terminal and type "sudo" and drag & drop the script, hit Return,
and follow instructions. This would enable all Broadcom chipset cards
as Apple "Airport".
The cards that support AirDrop:
Broadcom BCM94322MC - are supported by default.
Broadcom BCM94322HM8L - are supported by default.
Atheros AR5BXB112 - are supported by default. (11A430e is from.)
Atheros AR5BXB92 - are supported by default.
Atheros AR5BHB92 - are supported by default.
Atheros AR5B93 - are supported by default.
Atheros AR5B95 - AirPortAtheros40.kext If you let in will add DevID
= 0x002b.
Atheros AR5BXB72 - AirPortAtheros40.kext If you let in will add
DevID = 0x0024.
Cards that do not support AirDrop:
Broadcom BCM94321MC
Broadcom BCM94312MCG
Broadcom BCM94312MCAG
Broadcom BCM94311MCG
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