[TriLUG] wireless for beige g3

[paul peeler]

On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 11:17, burnett at pobox.com wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Wing D Lizard wrote:
> 
> > I would like to connect my beige g3 up to a wireless network.
> > Ideally it would be nice to have it work linux and macos (
> > 9.2 and/or 10.1).
> > 
> > I have a usb card in this system and it works ( I can see
> > a usb harddrive), so a usb based wireless adapter would
> > be ideal.
> > 
> > unfortunately, all of the wireless adapters I've found say
> > 'need pc pruning windows'.  I found one that required mac
> > os 10.2, but I do not have it yet ( it's going to be a kids
> > pc -- i picked it up cheap, and don't want to sink too
> > much into such an old computer).
> > 
> > Q:  What are my wireless options?  support for linux/macos 9.2
> >      and 10.1?
> 
> I have no idea about USB-based wireless adapters. If you have an empty PCI 
> slot in your beige G3, here's two possibilities for your system based on 
> the information you provided:
> 
> 802.11b PCI card, MacOS 8.1 to 9.2.2, works on most beige G3s. 
> *check the Compatible Macs section of the page for a couple of exceptions 
> and how to see if your Mac is one of the expections:
> http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g_11b_cards/11bPCI.html
> 
> 802.11g PCI card, 10.2.6 through 10.3, supports beige G3s. 
> http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g_11b_cards/11gPCI.html
> 
> I've purchased products from macwireless and they tend to arrive promptly, 
> and work exactly as advertised, so I like them. 
> 
> > ps: didn't wireless start with the mac?   and now I can't find
> >      wireless adapters for it?
> 
> Yeah, but Apple launched Airport after the Mac you have came out. 
> Providing hardware to retrofit older Macs is a third-party market 
> potential. To extend the analogy with a fictional example, Cadillac may 
> have pioneered air conditioning in American cars, but they won't sell me a 
> retrofit A/C unit for a 1949 Caddy. 
> 
> best,
badger at trilug

I hope this is of help, as I am not personally using this device. The
d-link usb wireless adapters have native support in the mac os as
reported by d-link. However, for linux you will need to look for one of
the original drivers from amtel. This link may help you nail it down.
http://www.wireless.org.au/~jhecker/atmeldrv/

I use mostly Cisco and Orinoco wireless gear from machine architecture
to architecture. The Orinoco cards seem to be the best supported in both
OS'es. However it has been a long while since I have had to support the
Mac OS.

Now, this may be the answer though:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4999&Item=LNKWET11
A few fellows I know have been using these with good success. It
requires no drivers, simply a functioning ethernet input. 

Hope this was helpful.

Paul