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| MacWireless 11b PCI Card - 200 mW |
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802.11b PCI Card (includes PC Card) is a high-powered 200 mW wireless card for Macintosh computers with PCI slot (Mac OS 8.1 up to 9.2.2).
Certain computer models are not supported. Please see 'Compatible Macs' below for more details.
No OS X Support. If you are running OS X 10.2.6 or higher, choose instead our higher bandwidth (54 Mbps) and lower cost 11g PCI card instead.
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High Power
200 milliWatts |
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| Price: $99.98 |
Regular Power
32 milliWatts |
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| Price: $79.98 |
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- Speed: Up to 11 Mbps.
- Range: Up to 2400 feet (200 mW).
- Easy to install and use.
- Supports AppleTalk, TCP/IP, & other network protocols.
- Works with Apple AirPort Base Stations including Extreme, WiFi compliant Base Stations and other 802.11b Access Points.
- Great easy-to-use interface.
- FCC Part 15 & CE certified.
- 5 Volt 16bit Type II PCMCIA Compliant PC Card.
- 64-bit & 128-bit hardware-based WEP encryption.
- Apple AirPort compatible including support for AirPort Password & AirPort Extreme.
- IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi Compliant. Works with Apple AirPort Base Stations including Extreme, WiFi compliant Base Stations and other 802.11b Access Points.
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Requires Mac OS 8.1 up to 9.2.2.
Also works with Windows 9x, Me, 2000 & XP notebook systems*.
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Works with the following PowerMacs: G3 (Beige), G3 (Blue & White), G3 (All-in-one), G4 (Digital Audio), G4 (FireWire 800), G4 (Gigabit Ethernet), G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors), G4 (PCI Graphics), G4 (Quicksilver 2002), G4 (Quicksilver).
Note: The following systems, due to their design problem, will fail with no video output symptom if a MacWireless PCI Card is installed:
AGP Graphics G4 with AirPort slot
Beige G3 / All-in-One G3 with Machine ID 510 and ROM revision $77D.40F2
Beige G3 / All-in-One G3 with Machine ID 510 and ROM revision $77D.45F2
Blue & White G3 with Machine ID 406 and ROM revision $77D.44F1
Blue & White G3 with Machine ID 406 and ROM Revision $77D.45F6
If you think you may have one of these systems, run the 'Apple System Profiler' in Apple menu and examine the "Machine ID" and "ROM revision" (ROM revision is inside Production information triangle). If both the Machine ID and ROM revision match, our Wireless PCI card will not work in your machine.
The following additional incompatibilities have been reported by our customers:
UMax (SuperMac) S900, Machine ID: 67, ROM revision $77D.28F2
Motorola StarMax 4400 series, 604e, 200-Mhz, Machine ID: 514
UltraATA 133/100 Pro IDE controller card (a PCI card made by SIIG)
cSound Solo PCI sound card rev 1.4
If you have one of these systems, although you can not use our PCI solution, you can use our 11b USB Stick. If your machine does not have a built-in USB port, you can install our 2-USB-Port PCI Card which would then give you the necessary USB port.
PowerMac G3 Original |
PowerMac G3
Blue & White |
PowerMac G4
PCI Graphics,
Digital Audio,
FireWire 800 &
Gigabit Ethernet |
PowerMac G4
Quicksilver |
PowerMac G4
Mirrored Drive Doors |
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PowerMac G4
AGP Graphics |
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Please note that a PowerMac is specific line of computers from Apple and that not all Macs that have a PowerPC processor are "PowerMac" or Power Macintosh".
Also works with Windows 98, 2000, and XP.
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Q: Which way do I insert the PC Card into the PCI adapter?
 A: Insert the PC Card exactly as shown in the picture to the right. On most systems, this would mean that once installed, the PC Card LED and label would be facing the ground. That is how it should be. Inserting the PC Card the wrong way will damage both cards.
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How do I manually install the older Mac OS software for my 11b PCI card?
A: The installation files are located inside the "Installer Files" folder on the MacWireless CD, or in the folder downloaded from the 'Software' section of this page.
1. Copy Wireless 3x to Control Panels folder inside System Folder and rename it MacWireless PC Card.
2. Copy Wireless PCI Driver to Extensions folder inside System Folder .
3. Copy Wireless PCI Enabler to Extensions folder inside System Folder .
4. Restart computer.
Q: Why does the signal strength bar shows no signal in the Mac OS 9 Macwireless Control Panel?
A: Signal strength meter shows activity only when there is actual wireless traffic, such as when the internet browser is running. Configure the card per included instruction. The signal strength will show when there is wireless traffic.
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Issue: With Mac OS 9.2.2, the computer freezes when File Sharing is on and MacWireless PC Card is inserted.
Solution: Turn File Sharing off or use an older version of Mac OS.
Issue: Problem coexisting with Sonnet accelerator cards.
Description: The problem may have to do with memory interleaving setting.
Solution: Switch both RAM and V-RAM memory to non-interleaved. This is explained in the Sonnet manual that came with your accelerator card.
Issue: Signal strength bar shows no signal.
Description: Signal strength meter shows activity only when there is actual wireless traffic, such as when the internet browser is running.
Solution: Configure the card per included instruction. The signal strength will show when
there is wireless traffic.
Issue: Can not connect to Linksys WAP11 ver.2.2
Description: The problem is with the firmware shipped with the Linksys WAP11 ver. 2.2.
Solution: Download and install the latest firmware from the Linksys web site. The latest firmware does resolve this issue.
Issue: AppleTalk connections through Linksys Access Points
Description: There are some models of Linksys Access Points that do not pass AppleTalk traffic. Computers will not be able to print to AppleTalk printers or share files with computers on the Ethernet connection through these Access Points.
Solution:Use an Apple AirPort or other base station that is capable of passing all standard Ethernet protocol traffic. Use TCP/IP printing, see Apple’s Technote, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=20148. Check with the printer manufacturer to see if there is a TCP/IP network printing option available.
Issue: 11b PCI Card cannot connect to 11n Extreme Base Station when base station is encrypted using WEP (Transitional Security Network).
Description: WEP implementation in 11n Extreme Base Station is not compatible with the WEP implementation used by the 11b PC Card.
Solution: Disable encryption and use MAC address access control instead. For instructions on how to set up MAC address access control, see page 51 of
Designing AirPort Networks Using the AirPort Utility.
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Software
Download Mac OS 7/8/9 Installer for Regular Power PC Card
rev. R.P.0, size 297 Kbytes, released 04/02/04
Download Mac OS 7/8/9 Installer for High Power PC Card
rev. e.4.6, size 122 Kbytes, released 11/03/05
Stuffit Expander 5 or later required to decompress installers.
Installation Instructions
 Download Installation Instructions for 32mW PCI Card
Download Installation Instructions for 200mW PCI Card
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Roam wirelessely with internet access and network speeds up to 54 Mbps. 12 times the output power of AirPort Base Stations!
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This POE set allows mounting an AirPort Graphite or Snow base station up to 330 feet from an electrical outlet.
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| *While our Macintosh software is developed in house, any Windows, CE, & Linux software is developed by other parties and our support for the non-Macintosh software is limited to simply offering such software. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT SUPPORT NON-MACINTOSH SOFTWARE and such software is provided as is, without support or liability. Please use carefully and at your own risk. |
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