Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
t??? 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. Well I got around the slow AirPort b and the USB 1.1 dealio by connecting a G4 cube to my LAN using a Ethernet Bridge made by LinkSys it produces almost G speed a whole lot faster than AirPort b and USB 1.1 dongle. JOHN CARMONNE Yorba Linda USA From TiBook 867 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
I had good luck with this one, purchased through Amazon: Panda Wifi (b/g/n) 150Mbps Wireless-N 2.4GHz USB Adapter With Windows 7 and Mac OS X Compatible Excellent technical support. Kept e-mailing me drivers until everything worked. The RATOC software utility will do a thorough wireless survey. They have different drivers and I eventually found one that would work with G4 Quicksilver in Leopard and even a G3 iBook in Tiger (Takes the 0.9 driver). -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
On 2010/12/20 17:06, Yersinia so eloquently wrote: 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 -- Getting internet sharing to work in Tiger is a nightmare - it takes lots of fiddling to get it to work, and then more fiddling if you reboot. I remember that I had to turn the firewall off but the rest I have forgotten. As much as I rag on Leopard, at least Apple fixed internet sharing in 10.5 so that it just works. Tina -- iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR OS 10.4.11 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB OS 10.5.8 23" Al CD PowerBook G4 15" HiRes DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB DDR OS 10.5.8 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
On Dec 20, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Yersinia wrote: It's a Belkin 54g USB Network Adapter If you're using the OEM USB 1.1 port, you might consider getting a cheap USB 2.0 PCI card which will allow full "54g" operation of the USB adapter. A USB 2.0 card is a good investment for any older Mac lacking USB 2.0 with an available PCI slot. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
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. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
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. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
Go to system preferences and choose AirPort, then tell it to connect. John, I went to System Preferences>network>Assist me> and Airport is grayed out. So Maybe this iMac doesn't have Airport since it was connected to one with Ethernet??? Jane What model G4 iMac do you have, Try System Profiler to see if it has AirPort. JOHN CARMONNE Yorba Linda USA From TiBook 867 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
On Dec 18, 9:08 pm, John Carmonne wrote: > On Dec 18, 2010, at 9:03 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > > > Stats: G4 iMac running 10.4.11; was connected to Airport Extreme with > > Ethernet; PowerBook and MacBook Pro connected thru this network > > > Today I set up a new IMac, attaching it to the Airport Extreme with > > Ethernet; the laptops are connecting to the internet just fine. > > > What do I need to do to get the G4 iMac to connect wirelessly to the > > internet? > > Go to system preferences and choose AirPort, then tell it to connect. > > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda USA > Sent from my MBP John, I went to System Preferences>network>Assist me> and Airport is grayed out. So Maybe this iMac doesn't have Airport since it was connected to one with Ethernet??? Jane -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet
On Dec 18, 2010, at 9:03 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > Stats: G4 iMac running 10.4.11; was connected to Airport Extreme with > Ethernet; PowerBook and MacBook Pro connected thru this network > > Today I set up a new IMac, attaching it to the Airport Extreme with Ethernet; > the laptops are connecting to the internet just fine. > > What do I need to do to get the G4 iMac to connect wirelessly to the internet? > Go to system preferences and choose AirPort, then tell it to connect. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
