What type wireless network adapter for G3 B/W?

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virtual warriorvirtual warrior
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Want to add 2 G3s to my wireless network. Currently have a mix of PCs and Macs. The Macs have Airport Extreme/Bluetooth installed. The G3s do not have Airport Extreme.



Could you recommend Wireless adapters, other than Airport Extreme, or is that the best/only choice



Thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    regreg Posts: 832member
    You can use USB WIFI connectors. Check to see which type of USB ports you have. USB1.1 will support the 54g but you won't get 54g speed. Google usb wifi for all the choises you could use.



    reg
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    virtual warriorvirtual warrior Posts: 59member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by reg

    You can use USB WIFI connectors. Check to see which type of USB ports you have. USB1.1 will support the 54g but you won't get 54g speed. Google usb wifi for all the choises you could use.



    reg



    Reg, Thanks, I didn't realize how many options I had!
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    yikes600yikes600 Posts: 85member
    Don't use USB adapters. They're slow and just hog the USB bus. Get an 802.11G 54Mbps PCI adapter. If you get one with the Broadcom chipset, OS X 10.3+ will recognize it natively as Airport. I'm using the Trendnet TEW-403PI and it works great.
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    regreg Posts: 832member
    The only reason I don't like those is because mine use to sit on the floor with the back to the wall which is where the antenna would be. So the reception was not as good as it should have been. With USB extenders we were able to get great reception that never cut out in a computer lab with older machines.



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    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by reg

    The only reason I don't like those is because mine use to sit on the floor with the back to the wall which is where the antenna would be. So the reception was not as good as it should have been. With USB extenders we were able to get great reception that never cut out in a computer lab with older machines.



    reg



    I have had no problem at all with my PCI wifi antenna being up against the wall, you may want to look for better/stronger antennas for the router - If you have a Lynksys WRT54G get the after market firmware to boost the power way beond factory spec and the bigger linksys antennas (sold at bestbuy, frys, Radioshack, yadda yadda) or you could build one of these
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    regreg Posts: 832member
    I like the idea and I think that I will incorporate this into one of our projects for our boy scout troop during their summer camp. In a school enviroment the pringles cans would not last more than a day before they were destroyed.



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    dylanw23dylanw23 Posts: 54member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by yikes600

    Don't use USB adapters. They're slow and just hog the USB bus. Get an 802.11G 54Mbps PCI adapter. If you get one with the Broadcom chipset, OS X 10.3+ will recognize it natively as Airport. I'm using the Trendnet TEW-403PI and it works great.



    Does anyone know if the same is true of the TEW-403PIplus? Of course, the manufacturerclaims that it isn't, but I would think that would apply to the earlier version, as well.
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