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Use AirPort Extreme in older Macs System
For anybody wanting to get 802.11g on the cheap in their older Macs Nick Sayer is your new savior. He has a site of tips and tricks for OS X and recently mentioned that he has gotten a Linksys 802.11g card working in previous portables. Yes, you too can get the WPC54G working in a portable or possibly get the WMP54G in PCI Macs. Here are some relevant links:

The PowerBook Source article
Instructions
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
Wireless-G for your desktop PC
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Er...?
Authored by: VEGx on Feb 07, '03 02:41:02PM

I'm not quite sure I follow the "instructions."

What is this about "If you can get ahold of the AppleAirPort2.kext (and the associated software), you can get a Linksys WPC54G inserted into the cardbus slot to be your Airport Extreme card"?

How? Where? What?



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Er...?
Authored by: chanamasala on Feb 07, '03 04:12:52PM

I think it means that you need the Airport software 3.01. But that software isn't currently downloadable from Apple(only in the Extreme basestation box I hear). I guess it may come with 10.2.4 though. Once you get the software then you go to that .kext file (through cntrl-clicking AppleAirPort2.kext, selecting "show contents", and editing that file he writes about in textedit). I guess that does it but he says he can't take any blame if you muss stuff up. Me neither. I just think this is how it's done. But you definately need that specific card he speaks about.



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