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10-11-2006, 02:27 PM
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Yep, I have a BW G3 running a broadcom chipset wireless pci card too on 10.4. No drivers required, no problems.
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10-11-2006, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by g5agogo
broadcom chipset wireless pci card
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I think you'll find Bartron is looking to confirm with manufacturer/model card your using that has a broadcom chipset that works like an airport card under 10.4 (without the need to install drivers or hack it to work).
Any chance those with working wireless cards can name the brand/model, although I am sure those brands/models has since been revised and no longer use broadcom chipsets. It's been a long running problem for Linux users.
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10-11-2006, 03:14 PM
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There's an entire thread to help you out.... it's a sticky, so it's easy to find 
PCI Airport Extreme
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10-11-2006, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by pipsqeek
There's an entire thread to help you out.... it's a sticky, so it's easy to find
PCI Airport Extreme
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woah...that thread is even older than this one....good resource though.
If the cosensus is that pretty much any broadcom chipset will work then I'll just pick up a cheap one from dick smith or something, however if it is only 'some' broadcom devices that work then knowing what revisions do work would be a good thing.
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10-11-2006, 03:22 PM
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I'll try to confirm for you.
System Profiler should give me the goods yeah?
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10-11-2006, 04:45 PM
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I've pinned and renamed this thread so that people can find it easily in the future.
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10-11-2006, 04:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bartron
woah...that thread is even older than this one....good resource though.
If the cosensus is that pretty much any broadcom chipset will work then I'll just pick up a cheap one from dick smith or something, however if it is only 'some' broadcom devices that work then knowing what revisions do work would be a good thing.
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I think the only broadcom based cards around cost $60 - $70 when I was looking about 2 weeks ago. I was looking for my G5, so I decided it was easier just to get an airport express card. Granted this is not a solution for sawtooths (sawteeth?) but it may be worth bearing in mind.
If you do find a cheap broadcom based card post about it though!  |
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10-11-2006, 04:58 PM
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Mine was from Ravotek
http://www.ravo.hu/index2.php
Cost me $50 on eBay. Model number is W54-PCI
Chipset details I will look at the card when the G4 isn't being used |
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14-04-2008, 08:14 AM
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have a look here
Wireless Driver for Mac OS X
for wireless mac drivers |
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30-04-2008, 11:14 PM
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I recently Purchased an Asus WL-138G (v2) from MSY (Got it for my PC)
To my surprise it uses a Broadcom chipset; Tried it in the tired old B&W G3 in the lounge; worked perfectly  |
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06-05-2008, 06:12 AM
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Thank you for this thread.
I might be coming into a G4 and so this could be useful information for me as I do not have wired network at home.
I was wondering about my options as well for wireless internet on a G4, specifically 802.11g. |
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06-05-2008, 06:44 AM
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The ASUS WL-167G USB dongle would be the easiest to obtain, although you'd need USB2 ports to attain 'g' speeds. It's pretty hard now to find a compatible PCI card that can be purchased at your local PC store and thrown into a Mac with full support.
JB
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06-05-2008, 06:59 AM
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Thanks very much Byrd. I do not believe that the older G4's have USB 2.0 ports so I will test out PCI cards.
I have a Netgear WG311 in a PC that I can try out. From the website given above it says WG311T which is the "Super-G" version.
The WG311 is just the regular "G" version which I'm hoping will work just the same under 10.4.
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06-05-2008, 07:03 AM
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Plug that baby in - it should come up straight away as an Airport card without any software required
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06-05-2008, 10:33 AM
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Hi Byrd
I just installed the WG311 and the AirPort icon does not show and is not recognised under Tiger 10.4.11.
(I just got this PowerMac G4 Quicksilver/733MHz today).
I shut down. Opened her up. Put the card in the PCI slot (furthest away though I don't think this matters) and then booted her up.
The (single) LED on the network card is not on ("LINK") and I have tried another PCI slot as well.
"No information found" under Airport Card.
I have tried 3 out of 4 PCI slots now. I'm not going to try the last one. Maybe this card doesn't work with Tiger...
Last edited by Huy; 06-05-2008 at 10:42 AM.
Reason: Trying other PCI slots.
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