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GaryN

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Airport Extreme PCI card
« on: August 13, 2024, 03:45:04 PM »
Anybody tried one of these? They claim 802.11g in pretty much any PowerMac with a PCI slot for 12 bucks.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/202336571729?itmmeta=01J56RVHEBR9RS08BDV9MAGNAX&hash=item2f1c331151:g:~-sAAOxyrrpTgRr3
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Re: Airport Extreme PCI card
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2024, 12:00:47 AM »
Why waste a rare pci slot
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Re: Airport Extreme PCI card
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2024, 09:35:56 AM »
I have this card, but it only works in OS X.
I checked it on MDD (OS X Tiger), it seems to work stably.
For the card to work, the AirPort Express card must be unplugged of a special slot.

Anyway, I couldn't make it work in OS 9.

If you need Wi-Fi on Mac OS 9 on older Macs, such as the Power Macintosh 9600, you can use a Cisco AirPci 340 or 350 card.
I have 2 such cards, it work great on 9600 and B&W.
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Re: Airport Extreme PCI card
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2024, 11:01:03 AM »
i don´t think .11g / airport xtreme will work in OS9, but i can´t remember the exact reason.

thirdparty .11b should work without limits (but then makes it more difficult to connect to higher networks with more modern encryption.)

their advertising is interesting; they talk about "MAC OS" - and then list that specifically "OSX" required a driver.


for "b" there are also USB solutions, but i have no idea if those will work on a PCI-USB in an oldworld mac.
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