802.11b. are there any mac wireless cards?

[PlatinumGold]

does anyone know if there are any mac compatible 802.11b wireless cards? i have the linksys wireless router/switch.

 

[kgraeme]

PCI or PC Slot?

 

[PlatinumGold]

pci slot

 

[kgraeme]

Yes.

 

[PlatinumGold]

do you know where i can get one? and which one it would be?

 

[kgraeme]

Sure.

Edit: changed link to a cheaper and more well-known vendor.

 

[BDawg]

You can get Airport systems in just about any modern Mac.

 

[LaBang]

yeah. apple offers one called Airport for $99 and i'm sure there are other and probably cheaper ones out there.

http://www.apple.com/airport/

 

[kgraeme]

Originally posted by: BDawg
You can get Airport systems in just about any modern Mac.

I figured that if he was asking, then he doesn't have an Airport-capable system. If it's a G4, then just get this and plug it in.

 

[ElFenix]

apple was sort of the first 802.11b adopter...

 

[kgraeme]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
apple was sort of the first 802.11b adopter...

Not just sort of. They were the first. There were some extremely expensive Lucent/Orinoco cards available, but no company had built 802.11b into their computers until Apple. The funny thing is, by building the capability into their boxes, they killed the third-party market, so it's not like there are a lot of choices for adding it to older Macs.

 

[BDawg]

If he does have an airport ready machine, it saves a PCI slot.

If you can't use airport, look for a USB adapter. I've heard they get better signals.