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[UnexpectedBomb]

Time to fire up those G4 AlBooks and iBooks, people 

I am VERY excited to introduce the first-ever AirPort Extreme driver for Mac OS 9. At long last, you can toss aside that travel router and take your favorite unsupported OS 9-booting G4 machine truly WIRELESS with an internal AirPort Extreme card, exactly the way God intended.

SPEED AND SECURITY

Developed and tested on my FW800 MDD, this driver has three components: a system extension (the actual driver), a control panel (UI for connecting to networks), and a control strip (optional but awesome), all based heavily on Apple's original AirPort stack design. True 802.11g speeds have been achieved and documented, reaching up to 1.5 MB/s up and 2 MB/s down, which are comparable to speeds under OS X Tiger with the same hardware and roughly 2.5-3x faster than Apple's original 802.11b AirPort stack.

And perhaps most importantly, it supports WPA2 security, allowing you to connect Mac OS 9 to modern wireless networks securely for the first time.

INSTALLATION

1) Install the AirPort Extreme Driver system extension to your Extensions folder
2) Install the AirPort Extreme control panel to your Control Panels folder
3) Install the AirPort Extreme control strip to your Control Strip Modules folder (optional but you totally should)
4) Reboot
5) Open the TCP/IP control panel, select the "AirPort Extreme" configuration under Connect via, quit to save it
6) Open the AirPort Extreme control panel, select your WPA2 wireless network from the dropdown, enter your password when prompted (also supports unsecured open network connections)

COMPATIBILITY

Confirmed working on the FW800 MDD, and EXPECTED to work on the following:

eMac G4 1.25GHz (USB 2.0)
eMac G4 1.42GHz (2005)
iMac G4 15-inch 1.0GHz
iMac G4 17/20-inch 1.25GHz
Mac mini G4 (Early 2005)
iBook G4 (2003-2004, Radeon 9200)
Al PowerBook G4 12-inch 867MHz
Al PowerBook G4 12-inch 1.0-1.5GHz
Al PowerBook G4 17-inch 1.0GHz
Al PowerBook G4 15/17-inch (Radeon)

Please help me out by confirming this driver works on machines from this list so that I can update my Expected Compatibility table on the repo. Every documented instance of confirmed compatibility is very helpful. General feedback is always appreciated as well. NOW GO ENJOY!

Download the three AirPort Extreme components here:
https://github.com/UnexpectedBomb/MacOS9-Airport-Extreme/releases/tag/v1.0b219

[IIO]

https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/List_of_AirPort_Cards

https://de.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+AirPort+Extreme+Modell+A1143+Teardown/438

[ceratophyllum]

Working on my 14" iBook G4. This is so much nicer than ethernet-wifi bridge.  Now I will have to find something new to do with the Raspberry Pi that has been freed from this job.

[UnexpectedBomb]

Working on my 14" iBook G4. This is so much nicer than ethernet-wifi bridge.  Now I will have to find something new to do with the Raspberry Pi that has been freed from this job.

Awesome! Glad it's helpful, thank you for the confirmation. To be clear, which specific model is your G4 iBook? (either PowerBook6,3 / 6,5 / 6,7)

[ceratophyllum]

PowerBook6,5 256MB with Radeon 9200

I also tested the 14" Powerbook6,5 with 512MB RAM and it works too.

 I'm not sure if these macs originally came with the A1026 card: both of mine were pretty badly stripped down, "for-parts" laptops that had clearly been messed with quite a bit before I got them.  I pulled one of my A1026 Airport Extreme cards out of an Airport "Base Station". (Why can't Apple call things by normal names like "router" and wifi card?) The A1026 card in the 12" ibook I found laying around in a drawer. I forgot what mac it came from....

[UnexpectedBomb]

PowerBook6,5 256MB with Radeon 9200

I also tested the 14" Powerbook6,5 with 512MB RAM and it works too.

 I'm not sure if these macs originally came with the A1026 card: both of mine were pretty badly stripped down, "for-parts" laptops that had clearly been messed with quite a bit before I got them.  I pulled one of my A1026 Airport Extreme cards out of an Airport "Base Station". (Why can't Apple call things by normal names like "router" and wifi card?) The A1026 card in the 12" ibook I found laying around in a drawer. I forgot what mac it came from....

Excellent. This is very helpful information! And I know what you mean... Apple can't sully their reputation by using the same vernacular as the unwashed masses