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On 18/02/2013 17:00, Jon B wrote:
> JohnB <john.bren...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> I have inherited a late-2005 G5 Power mac that has no airport card. I
>> realise it would require an airport card with a special adapter and
>> these are a bit rare and expensive and as it is only going to need
>> occasional connection I don't want to spend a fortune on it. It will be
>> sited upstairs and a long way from the router - so don't want to run cable.
>>
>> So can anyone recommend a plug in USB wifi adapter (N) that they know
>> works on this Mac - think it's on 10.5 at the moment.
>>
> Usually for those there's a PCI card
>
> <http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-WiFi-11n-PCI-E-Card-Mac-Pro-G5-Airpo
> rt-300Mbps-/370378756710>
> appears to be the ticket, most of them work out of the box with the
> Airport software.
>

Hi Thanks Jon. I was a bit wary of the PCI card route because as you
well know in G4's it's critical on the chip set whether they work at all
and with only a subset of those working with Airport software and then
dependent OS the Mac OS.
So... this looks OK (albeit it's in Hong Kong) but have you ever
installed and tested one ?
I was contemplating this USB one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Technologies-802-11N-150Mbps-Wireless-Compatible/dp/B0035FVL4G/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1361205380&sr=1-1
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JohnB