how to get non-airport G3 wireless?

grimsongrimson
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi all-



I'm still living with my G3 iMac, and am now in a building with wireless. Assuming I don't have an airport card slot (I don't, do I? How can I tell?) what do I need to get online? Someone told me about a USB card-type thing, an 803.11 or something like that. Any help appreciated.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    pubguypubguy Posts: 108member
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    Features:



    Enables you to share data, printers, or high-speed internet access over your network

    Working range up to 1800' and speeds up to 11 Mbps

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  • Reply 2 of 5
    voxappsvoxapps Posts: 236member
    Search Google for "wireless bridge." No drivers, just requires a free Ethernet port.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    allinoneallinone Posts: 279member
    Some iMac G3s did have an airport slot.



    Think Rev A - C did not while the later ones did.



    Take a look here for your model and see if it has a slot or not:



    http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_p...owerpc750.html





    Hope this helps.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    grimsongrimson Posts: 108member
    Aha, thanks! According to that, my iMac DOES have an airport slot. So does that mean I just have to get an Airport card? And are the cards still available?



    And is there a cheaper, 3rd party card that would do it?
  • Reply 5 of 5
    allinoneallinone Posts: 279member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by grimson

    Aha, thanks! According to that, my iMac DOES have an airport slot. So does that mean I just have to get an Airport card? And are the cards still available?



    And is there a cheaper, 3rd party card that would do it?



    I think you might need an airport card and an iMac Airport Card Adaptor...



    You need one of the older cards 802.11b not 802.11g (also called extreme).



    I know people were upset when the older cards were discontinued by Apple.



    They are going for surprisingly high bids on Ebay:



    http://listings.ebay.com/Apple-Netwo...istingItemList



    I don't know if a third party card would work. i've not heard of one that works in an airport slot...
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