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#1
February 13th, 2005, 04:40 AM
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| Wireless for PowerBook G3 Hi, I have a PowerBook G3 233 MHz (Wallstreet?) running MacOS 10.2.8. It still runs really good so I was looking into getting wireless for it. I have a 3com PCMCIA card that I found out won't work. I also have a Linksys PCMCIA card that crashes the system when I insert it. Has anyone here successfully gotten a "PC" PC card to work in this laptop? I'm not sure what I should try/buy next. Since I don't know how long this thing will last, I don't want to spend too much on it... Any help would be much appreciated... resources online are scarce. Thanks   |
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#2
February 13th, 2005, 05:30 AM
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| I use the dlink DWL-G650 pc card with my tibook and 10.3.x using these drivers. It works just fine and cost me something around 50Euro including the 13Euro ($15) for the driver. However, there is also an option to use a dlink DWL-122 usb dongle, which works with 10.2.x and 10.3.x. This dongle is the cheapest wifi solution. And welcome to the forum.
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#3
February 13th, 2005, 03:43 PM
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| Hey--thanks for responding, and thanks for the welcome. I went to look at the driver that you purchased, and I noticed that the Linksys card I have, WPC55AG, is supported. You wouldn't happen to know why the system would crash when I insert the card would you? Is this maybe a bug with MacOS? The only thing I can think of is maybe it's a 32-bit PCMCIA card and I'm trying to put it into a 16-bit slot? I thought I read that the G3 I have has a 32-bit slot though. |
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#4
February 13th, 2005, 03:48 PM
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| Hmmm, I am not familiar with the pcmcia slot of the G3 powerbook, but it might be the problem. Such a crash shouldn't be caused by the software. Maybe you should give the dlink usb dongle a try. Does your G3 powerbook support usb?
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February 13th, 2005, 04:07 PM
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| No, I don't have USB. I looked at that first as that sounded like the best idea. Are system crashes recorded anywhere else besides /var/log/system.log? I couldn't find anything in there related to a kernel panic... I'll probably just end up purchasing that D-link PC card you have. I found a couple on eBay for US$20 or so. |
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#6
February 14th, 2005, 04:19 AM
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| Crashes caused by the hardware are tough to be reported or registered. I could think of one possibility to make sure this crash is not caused by the software: boot into your jaguar DVD. Don't initiate the installation but insert the linksys pc card adapter. Does your system crash? Before you purchase the same dlink card that I have, make sure your pc card slot does support the card.
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