wireless router for G5 and CRT iMac

cuello del pollocuello del pollo
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Greetings again,



Took the plunge and purchased a discounted rev. a DP 1.8 Powermac and am very pleased thus far. Thanks to everyone here at Appleinsider who took the time to offer advice.



My old mac (a crt rev. d 333mhz iMac) will now be used solely as a surfing station.



Here's the problem.



I'd like to have a way for both systems to have accsss to the net. The iMac is currently running on OS 8.6 (upgrading to 9 wouldn't be a problem but I think Panther would be pushing it a little).



Any ideas on how to set up a wireless router for the two systems. The G5 has plenty of options but the iMac seems to have a lot of limitations. I could always turn it into a fish tank but that just doesn't seem right.



Thanks,

cdp

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Get two Linksys WRT54G 802.11g wireless routers for , install the Sveasoft third-party firmware or similar. There are an abundance of non-Linksys firmwares you can use to enable hidden features in the WRT54G hardware, like transmitter power boost from 15 dBm to 19 dBm, client mode, more advanced WDS, channels 12-14, antenna selection, SSH, telnet, framebursting, etc.



    Note that the WRT54G + public Sveasoft firmware is cheaper the Linksys' own WET54G and many other "wireless ethernet bridging" solutions.



    You can find the WRT54G for about ?$70 many places like Fry's, Amazon, etc.



    The prerelease Sveasoft firmware even enables Broadcom's "Afterburner" throughput boosting tech found in the WRT54GS, which costs a little bit more. $76 at Amazon. The GS does have more flash memory for future firmware upgrade possibilities though.



    What you would basically do is upgrade both to the current/stable Sveasoft "Samahdi" firmware, set one up as the AP and connect the other one to the iMac to be used as a client/bridge.



    EDIT: Looks like Amazon raised the price on the GS version to $82.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    cuello del pollocuello del pollo Posts: 22member
    Eugene,



    That's for the great info. Sounds like a kicka$$ setup.



    cdp



    p.s. I would have written sooner but my new mac needs all the attention she can get.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,179member
    Panther will run fine on that iMac ... ESPECIALLY if you're just using it for mail and surfing and such....



    I run Panther on a iMac266 and have no problems ... the basic apps run just fine - iPhoto, iMovie, PSE are quite pokey when rendering.



    Someone makes a USB 802.11.b "card" ... i can't find it right now, but it's a little card/antenna that plugs into a USB port, then sits on your desk or wherever... gives those older iMacs "Airport" ability. (Although mine is just ethernet-ed to my Airbort BS.)
  • Reply 4 of 5
    michael wilkiemichael wilkie Posts: 223member
    Airport Express.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    cuello del pollocuello del pollo Posts: 22member
    Airport Express isn't available in Canada right now (Apple claims the device is "subject to regulatory approval". I'm not in any hurry to have internet access on two computers so I might just wait for it to be released.



    cdp
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