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#1 2005-10-08 11:18 pm
- slushing
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Trying to add a wireless 802.11g to am old mac
I have a Mac G4 agp (sawtooth) running Mac OS 9 (May go to OS 10 - depends on some of my application). I have a wireless in my home where the network is currently using 802.11G. My question:
Can I hook up a 802.11 G (using an external network adapter) so I can be on the wireless network. I cannot us the "b" because it will bring down the network to a lower speed.
If this works - what devices can you recomend.
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#2 2005-10-11 8:32 pm
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Re: Trying to add a wireless 802.11g to am old mac
Usually using a lower speed adapter will not slow down the network speed, unless of course you have some strange type of wireless device.
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#3 2005-10-15 6:01 pm
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Re: Trying to add a wireless 802.11g to am old mac
Using a single "b" client does slow down the whole network. You could always use and AirPort Express and attach it to the G4 using an ethernet cable.
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#4 2005-10-15 6:25 pm
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Re: Trying to add a wireless 802.11g to am old mac
MacBoy4139 wrote:
Using a single "b" client does slow down the whole network. You could always use and AirPort Express and attach it to the G4 using an ethernet cable.
Smart boy! Smart MacBoy4139, that is.
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#5 2005-10-15 7:55 pm
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Re: Trying to add a wireless 802.11g to am old mac
get a broadcom based PCI 802.11g card and tossi ti in, some woti with the apple driver, some don't.
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#6 2005-10-27 12:40 pm
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Re: Trying to add a wireless 802.11g to am old mac
I just hooked up a Belkin wireless ethernet bridge and using it with a wireless belkin 802.11g router. this allows two iMacs with ethernet ports to share my cable network. they work great and the only issue is I can not print from the iMac running 10.2.8 ??? I have not figured that out yet.... 
but just so you know the Belkin router and wireless ethernet bridge work well with the older iMacs
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#7 2005-10-27 5:09 pm
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Re: Trying to add a wireless 802.11g to am old mac
MacBoy4139 wrote:
Using a single "b" client does slow down the whole network. You could always use and AirPort Express and attach it to the G4 using an ethernet cable.
Well I guess it slows down your network but not mine. Maybe it's the quality of the equipment you're using.
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