"
I recently had to move my cable modem to another room since it
couldn't maintain a signal on the old line in my bedroom. My G4 was
connected to the router via Ethernet so I had to find a way to get it
connected. Initially I was going to get an original AirPort card,
but quickly abandoned that idea once I found out they were selling
for $150+.
Anyway, I started doing some research and found a couple of reports
that said the Buffalo Technology WLI2-PCI-G54S worked. I found one
at the local Best Buy for $29. My research showed that most PCI
cards would work if they had a Broadcom chipset, but even then they
might not work if had the wrong version of the chip. (the only
802.11g Broadcom chip based card I had problems with personally
was the Microsoft MN-730 model (discountined long ago) which needed some plist editing mentoined
in older article here.-Mike)
Anyway, this one works fine. I made sure to download and install the
latest version of the AirPort software from Apple before installing
the card. After installing it and booting up, OS X didn't seem to
notice the card until I went to Network Preferences, upon which it
said that a new AirPort network port had been detected. After that I
just had to choose my wireless network from the AirPort icon in the
menu bar.
Here are the nerdy details:
Buffalo Turbo G Wireless Desktop PCI Adapter Turbo 125 High-Speed Mode
UPC: 47464 10908, Item number: WLI2-PCI-G54S
Here's the Best Buy link. You can check the inventory of your local
store and see if they have any.
Let me know if you need any additional information...
-Adam"
I've added this to the previous item on Airport 3.x compatible PCI/PCcards in the FAQ's networking section. (Some "Buffalo" 802.11g adapters in the past were listed as MacOS compatible on the packaging IIRC.)
