3rd Party WiFi for Mac
September 7, 2005 5:52 PM Subscribe
Anyone using third-party wireless cards with a G4? I see there are third-party drivers available for some cards. Anyone successfully using these?
Best answer: I use the IOXperts 802.11b driver for an Engenius card on my powerbook.
It works much better than the WirelessDriver did, and in general is pretty good. The user interface (a preference pane) isn't quite to the usual high Apple standards, but it does the job. Overall I'd say it's definitely worth the small amount of money I paid.
posted by jjwiseman at 10:34 PM on September 7, 2005
It works much better than the WirelessDriver did, and in general is pretty good. The user interface (a preference pane) isn't quite to the usual high Apple standards, but it does the job. Overall I'd say it's definitely worth the small amount of money I paid.
posted by jjwiseman at 10:34 PM on September 7, 2005
Best answer: I've had this Orangeware driver ($15 shareware) for over a year with no problems. I've not tried any others though, and have nothing to compare it with.
posted by p3t3 at 7:06 AM on September 8, 2005
posted by p3t3 at 7:06 AM on September 8, 2005
Best answer: I know I'm late, but a second shout out for the Buffalo card on a PowerBook G4 - plug and play, has worked perfectly...
posted by jalexei at 11:31 AM on September 8, 2005
posted by jalexei at 11:31 AM on September 8, 2005
One of the coolest things you can do with the active cards is use Kismac for much cooler wifi fun
posted by filmgeek at 9:59 PM on September 28, 2005
posted by filmgeek at 9:59 PM on September 28, 2005
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On the recommendation of someone on the driver's mailing list, I bought a Buffalo brand card that used the same chipset (?) as a "real" AirPort card and would work with the system's built-in AirPort driver. It was infinitely better.
posted by bcwinters at 6:25 PM on September 7, 2005