wireless problem with older Mac G4 and Intel laptop

Hi,

I've been asked by a friend to help set up a wireless network. They
recently had cable access installed and want to be able to access the
web with both an old Mac G4 (a rather large desktop tower) and a small
HP laptop. The G4 does not seem to have an Airport card inside and
searching for one on the Apple site was fruitless. All of the cards
there were for laptops. Am I looking in the wrong place? What kind of
Airport card goes inside the box?

As I set up something similar in my house (with dial up) with an
AirportExtreme, my Powerbook G4 and an Intel laptop there was no problem
as both laptops had WiFi cards (well there was a minor problem with XP
and WEP but it was resolved). I was going to suggest the AirportExtreme
base station, a PCI wireless card for their laptop (Linksys? It is what
I installed at work for two PC's) and an internal Airport card for the
G4 but I can't find the card for the G4 anywhere and now think that
maybe they can get away spending less money on a Linksys router.

So my questions are, what card can I use in their Mac G4 and will their
Mac be easy to set up with a Linksys router?

Thanks,

Jane

* Jane <(E-Mail Removed)>, 2005-08-06 13:34 +0200:
> Hi,
>
> I've been asked by a friend to help set up a wireless network. They
> recently had cable access installed and want to be able to access the
> web with both an old Mac G4 (a rather large desktop tower) and a small
> HP laptop. The G4 does not seem to have an Airport card inside and
> searching for one on the Apple site was fruitless. All of the cards
> there were for laptops. Am I looking in the wrong place? What kind of
> Airport card goes inside the box?
>
> As I set up something similar in my house (with dial up) with an
> AirportExtreme, my Powerbook G4 and an Intel laptop there was no problem
> as both laptops had WiFi cards (well there was a minor problem with XP
> and WEP but it was resolved). I was going to suggest the AirportExtreme
> base station, a PCI wireless card for their laptop (Linksys? It is what
> I installed at work for two PC's) and an internal Airport card for the
> G4 but I can't find the card for the G4 anywhere and now think that
> maybe they can get away spending less money on a Linksys router.
>
> So my questions are, what card can I use in their Mac G4 and will their
> Mac be easy to set up with a Linksys router?

I suggest to get an Ethernet-to-WLAN adapter for the G4, like the
Asus WL-330g or WL-330b. With the latest firmware, they are WPA
compatible.

This compatibility list might be useful to you as well:
<http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm>

-Andre