Wireless for G4

#1 Sun, 9 Dec 2012 - 16:58

What would I need to look for to get wireless running on the G4 733MHz Digital Audio? There appears to be a connector on the motherboard, and an aerial wire connector as well.

#2 Sun, 9 Dec 2012 - 17:10

You need the original Airport card

#3 Sun, 9 Dec 2012 - 21:50

Look at an RJ45 wireless bridge:

That way you'll get better connectivity and security. The original Airport card will probably only give you WEP, and basic 64bit under 9.x at that.

http://www.amazon.com/VAP11G-Wireless-Dreambox-802-11B-Connector/dp/B005WN6X74

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/RJ45-Wireless-Bridge/380258141.html

#4 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 - 01:33

Thanks, I'm not concerned with security on this particular system, so will look for the airport card.

#5 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 - 02:02

If you are using tiger, there's a little USB dongle (TrendNet TEW-424UB) That worked pretty good for me. Doesn't have OS9 drivers, but I thought I might just throw that out there. Has native support in MintPPC too if you were interested in an alternate OS.

#6 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 - 03:14

I have a couple of those. They do work well. Software is a little funky but it does bridging too.

#7 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 - 07:17

The original Airport card will probably only give you WEP, and basic 64bit under 9.x at that.

It's just a matter of OS, i have got a G4 running 10.4, and WPA is not a problem with the Airport Card.

#8 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 - 19:58

Will WPA2 work at all with the original AirPort Card? On my Cube and 2002 eMac they know what WPA2 is, but when I try to connect to my network via the AirPort Card, it says it cannot connect to it.

With the G4 DA if you want an external USB adapter, make sure you have either a USB 2 card in, or you get a USB 1.1 compatible wireless adapter. I tried an N USB Wi-Fi adapter from ASUS on the eMac running 10.4.11 (needed min. 10.3.9), but said nothing about needing a USB 2.0 port, and it didn't work properly.

#9 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 - 20:23

No WPA2 on 802.11b Airport cards. You'll need to use WEP or WPA.

#10 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 - 17:18

On my Cube and 2002 eMac they know what WPA2 is, but when I try to connect to my network via the AirPort Card, it says it cannot connect to it.

I'm having the same problem with my G3 Lombard. None of my wireless cards are WPA compatible, with the exception of my DLink DWL-G122 (however, the drivers for that card are Windows-compatible only).