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WiFi card for Powerbook Titanium G4?

emendelson

Active member
I've finally got around to buying a used PowerBook Titanium G4 (A1025) and hope to be able to use wi-fi with it, as I know the Airport card won't work with current standards. I found in my closet a QuickerTek nQuicky 802.11n PCMCIA card and if I can't find the driver CD, I see that it's downloadable from Macintosh Garden. I'll try this (I've used it in the past successfully, I think), but I wonder if anyone knows of a more up-to-date PCMCIA card that might also work. I know it's unlikely, but I hope it's at least worth asking about.
 

s_pupp

Well-known member
This is less up to date, but works quite well: Linksys WPC54G, specifically version 3.1

These are cheap and effective, and don’t require drivers beyond those already present in OSX. I can connect to my WPA2 protected wifi network with this card. They are 54Mbps, so slower than 802.11n, but not bad.

They don’t work in OS9.
 

MacUp72

Well-known member
Siemens Gigaset 54 PcCard, cheap, available.. recognized as AirportExtreme und always worked ootb

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emendelson

Active member
Many thanks for both suggestions. I can't find the Siemens card, but the Linksys is everywhere, and cheap enough that I can buy a second if the one I ordered isn't version 3.1. Speed isn't as important as reliability (though i may feel differently after I actually try it.)
 
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