iMac in wireless network

6 Apr 2005 10:57 AM

Klaas Jan Huizing

Ik have a PC-based wireless network at home, with a laptop and a desktop PC.
I recently bought a pink iMac DV, 440 Mhz PowerPC G3. Indeed, an oldie. How
can I attach this iMac to my wireless network? I cannot find a USB-wireless
adapter and moreover I read bad news about this solution. Is a bridge the
best way to solve my problem?

6 Apr 2005 4:32 PM

Bob Wardrope

Klaas Jan Huizing wrote:

> Ik have a PC-based wireless network at home, with a laptop and a desktop PC.
> I recently bought a pink iMac DV, 440 Mhz PowerPC G3. Indeed, an oldie. How
> can I attach this iMac to my wireless network? I cannot find a USB-wireless
> adapter and moreover I read bad news about this solution. Is a bridge the
> best way to solve my problem?
>
>
>

It should have an internal slot for an AirPort card (NOT an AirPort
Extreme). If I remember correctly it also requires a carrier for the card.

Bob W

7 Apr 2005 1:06 PM

Richard Perkin

"Klaas Jan Huizing" <adsl465***@tiscali.nl> wrote in
news:4253c0ae$0$44079$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tiscali.nl:

> Ik have a PC-based wireless network at home, with a laptop and a
> desktop PC. I recently bought a pink iMac DV, 440 Mhz PowerPC G3.
> Indeed, an oldie. How can I attach this iMac to my wireless
> network? I cannot find a USB-wireless adapter and moreover I read
> bad news about this solution. Is a bridge the best way to solve my
> problem?

I have a slot loading iMac G3. I fitted it with an original Airport
card which I bought on eBay. The card needs a separate adapter for
installation. The installation is straightforward - there is already
an internal anteena fitted to the iMac. It all works just fine.

I have also tested an Ethernet - wireless bridge. This also works
just fine, and may be best since:
- Airport cards are quite expensive, and there's also the cost of the
adapter
- the Airport only supports WEP (original software 64 bit only, 128
bit with an upgrade) and only a single key
- transpararent Ethernet bridges (often sold as a 'gaming bridge')
are quite cheap, or you can also use a multi-mode access point in
wirless client mode

I have tested it with the D-Link DWL-810+ and the DWL-900AP+. Both
work fine, so I have no doubt that similar products will work as
well.

Hope this helps

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7 Apr 2005 11:49 PM

nospam

In article <Xns96318F71C1128fnurdle@130.133.1.4>, Richard Perkin
<f000nur***@hotmail.com> wrote:

> - the Airport only supports WEP (original software 64 bit only, 128
> bit with an upgrade) and only a single key

false.

airport supports wpa with osx 10.3/panther with all airport cards. it
also supports 128 bit wep, which was added quite a while ago (over 3
years iirc). the upgrade to which you refer for wep is purely software
and free. 10.3 is a paid upgrade from earlier versions (and 10.4 is
about to be announced so no point in getting 10.3 now).

8 Apr 2005 1:03 AM

Richard Perkin

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> In article <Xns96318F71C1128fnurdle@130.133.1.4>, Richard Perkin
> <f000nur***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> - the Airport only supports WEP (original software 64 bit only,
>> 128 bit with an upgrade) and only a single key
>
> false.
>
> airport supports wpa with osx 10.3/panther with all airport cards.
> it also supports 128 bit wep, which was added quite a while ago
> (over 3 years iirc). the upgrade to which you refer for wep is
> purely software and free. 10.3 is a paid upgrade from earlier
> versions (and 10.4 is about to be announced so no point in getting
> 10.3 now).

Indeed. The OP did not say which OS version the iMac is running - I
assumed that since he said "Indeed, an oldie" (which you snipped)
that it was probably 9.1 or 9.2 and had not been upgraded to 10.n -
in which case the available upgrade is to 128 bit WEP. But I could be
wrong...

Kind regards

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Richard Perkin
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It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it
is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's.
It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News

8 Apr 2005 2:16 AM

cgerlachnospam

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:57:51 +0200, "Klaas Jan Huizing"
<adsl465***@tiscali.nl> wrote:

>Ik have a PC-based wireless network at home, with a laptop and a desktop PC.
>I recently bought a pink iMac DV, 440 Mhz PowerPC G3. Indeed, an oldie. How
>can I attach this iMac to my wireless network? I cannot find a USB-wireless
>adapter and moreover I read bad news about this solution. Is a bridge the
>best way to solve my problem?
>
>

I used a LinkSys Bridge Version 2.0 WET11 and it works great with my
Blueberry iMAC