Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread misterbleepy
You could look at Powerline netwoking, which uses your house wiring to carry the network connection from the router to the computer; or look for a wireless to ethernet bridge, though these seem to be rare or expensive... On 18 Dec 2010, at 03:59, Laura drew.la...@gmail.com wrote: I had

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread steve
depending on the model, you would need either an Airport or Airport Extreme card. Installing it would not be very hard, just a matter of loosening the 4 screws on the bottom plate and removing it, the airport slot is just underneath that panel. I've tried third-party USB wireless connectors with

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Christopher Satterfield
Well, I would just tell them to use a wire because it would be much easier than trying to find a card then the installation. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Laura drew.la...@gmail.com wrote: I had someone give me on older flat panel imac 15 inch computer today. I want to give it to someone

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
On 18 Dec 2010, at 03:59, Laura drew.la...@gmail.com wrote: I want to give it to someone else but it does not have any wireless and I feel most people will want wireless. - will they? If someone was giving me one of these gorgeous iconic bits of design, I think I would be quite happy

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Laura
Yes, I meant inexpensively ! I will look for the wirless dongle and the card. thanks everyone. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/17 20:59, Laura so eloquently wrote: I had someone give me on older flat panel imac 15 inch computer today. I want to give it to someone else but it does not have any wireless and I feel most people will want wireless. What is an expensive way to get this puppy online. 802.11 B or G

Re: Imac wireless

2009-08-20 Thread Mario Frasca
To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Imac wireless 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

Re: Imac wireless

2009-08-20 Thread Clark Martin
Mario Frasca wrote: Hey, I'm a bit lost in this thread: the original poster asks about wireless for iMac G3. I own a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3 myself (slot loading), it runs GNU/Debian (sid) since I bought it 5 years ago (never booted with anything else), I would really not

Re: Imac wireless

2009-08-18 Thread Simon Royal
- 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

Re: Imac wireless

2009-08-18 Thread Anthony Antonowicz
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

Re: Imac wireless

2009-08-18 Thread Mike
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

Re: Imac wireless

2009-08-18 Thread Mario Frasca
On 2009-0818 07:10:33, Robert Esposito wrote: The original Apple Airport Card 802.11b will fit most iMacs with an adapter. Make sure you get the adapter. I'm curious: what is the adapter? would it be available for all models? and where do you connect it? I'm still going wired with my own