Instead I started looking into PCI or USB wireless cards that still worked with PPC OS X. I could have created a separate wireless network off my DD-WRT router that used WEP and isolated the traffic from the house, but I felt that was still too much of a security risk. So using an original Apple Airport card was out of the question.
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While 11Mbps of bandwidth is enough for simple surfing the WEP security is a big problem. Today 802.11b has two major disadvantages compared to every other wireless standard used: it is slow at only 11Mbps theoretical throughput and only the only encryption it supports is WEP. The G4 PowerMacs never officially supported wireless above 802.11b. The next logical conclusion was wireless, but that had its own challenges. With the basement ceiling have interlocking tiles I also didn’t want to fight with them. I could have run a network cable from the 1st floor office through the basement to the work area, like I did for the living room, but thought it was a little overkill. The main limitation I had with this was network connectivity. With that I took the opportunity to reinstall OS X 10.5 on the Quicksilver and turn it into web browsing station for when I’m in the basement working on projects. Recently I took the opportunity to upgrade my home server from a heavily upgraded 2001 Quicksilver PowerMac G4 to a PowerMac G5.
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