Hi all, Sorry to sort of hijack, but has anyone got, or know of a source for the adapter/bracket? I've got a couple of airport cards, but wasn't aware of the bracket thingy until it was too late! Cheers Mike
On 18 Aug 2009, at 13:21, Anthony Antonowicz <anthonyj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > There is a good usb option. The netgear wg111v2 works well in 10.3 and > 10.4. You can get it at walmart, which makes it easy to find. It says > windows only on the package but netgear has the mac os x drivers on > their site and it works well. You install the driver and then restart > and when you go to the network settings it will find the new > "ethernet" adapter. It uses a netgear program to actually make the > connection. I did this exact thing for my mother's G3 350 MHZ iMac on > 10.3 originally. Be careful though, if at anytime you upgrade from > 10.3 to 10.4 you will need to uninstall and reinstall the driver. Any > failure to uninstall before upgrading the driver makes it not work. I > upgraded her imac and had this problem, but once I uninstalled the > driver and reinstalled the correct one it worked perfectly again. One > thing though, the G3 imacs only have usb 1.1 so it doesn't work as > fast as it could but it still more than enough for a G3. > On Aug 18, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > >> >> Hi. >> >> iMac G3 with a slot loading drive are Airport compatible with a >> bracket. >> >> I have used usb sticks under 10.3 and 10.4 successfully. Ones with a >> RaLink chipset are pretty good but not as good as Airport. >> >> Simon >> >> --- visit http://www.simonroyal.co.uk (sent using Nokia E65) >> >> - original message - >> Subject: Re: Imac wireless >> From: Robert Esposito <bobespos...@mac.com> >> Date: 18/08/2009 11:11 >> >> >> Hi, >> The original Apple Airport Card 802.11b will fit most iMacs with an >> adapter. Make sure you get the adapter. Do not buy the newer Apple >> Airport extreme cards. They are faster than the original card but >> don't work in G3 iMacs. I have never had success using usb external >> wireless but they may work too. >> >> I still use 802.11b cards in my Apple Cube. I find it is still quite >> useful in those Macs that were built to take advantage of it. >> Best Wishes, >> Bob >> >> On Aug 17, 2009, at 10:03 PM, epic93d...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> >>> What is there for a g3 imac in terms of wireless networking. I heard >>> of airport but I have no idea about the details of it. >>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
