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wireless mac

  • 27-10-2003 12:38am
    #1
    murraye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    I have a G3 laptop
    No problem with wireless card for pc - just plug and play
    anot so with G3 - need advice on how to configure G3 for wireless card


Comments

  • #2
    shabbyroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭shabbyroad


    you'll need to give a little more information that - how about the OS you're running and what the wireless card is ?


  • #3
    Hecate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,518 ✭✭✭Hecate


    Apples wireless networking technology is proprietary, and is called Airport.

    No other wireless card will work (not that I know of, but somebody might have tried!) with a mac. It's actually one of the better wireless networking techs since it's tightly integrated with the operating system and hardware. I use it myself all the time with little or no difficulties.

    Btw, you say G3 laptop...support for Airport was only introduced in the 1998/99 series ibooks and powerbooks afaik, so if your laptop is older than that you might be out of luck...


  • #4
    murraye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭murraye


    My G3 operates os 9.2 - it has airport capability

    But I thought that a standard pcmcia wireless modem card could be used to connect to my netgear wireless bridge?


  • #5
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    Spec's for the Powerbook G3 are available, with only the 'Firewire' listing it as Airport ready:
    http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html

    with install instructions here (PDF File):
    http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/pbfw/pbfw-apc-cip.pdf

    WiFi PC Cards for the Powerbook are available from the likes of:
    http://www.macsense.com/product/broadband/wireless.html

    Or Mac drivers for other brands of WiFi PC Cards available from the likes of:
    http://www.ioxperts.com/prod.html

    hth,
    BrianG


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