Thank you to all the users on this forum. It took me a very LONG time to finally get wifi on my ibook g3. I never installed an airport card thinking wifi wasn't important to me, it seemed too confusing to bother with. Now in 2007, every connection is wireless and so important when traveling and using friends' internet.
I was going to get an ethernet bridge as users here said they're much more effective, but the main issue is that it needs its own power source, so it ends up not being portable in any way, and is another external piece to power and plug in.
the wireless USB adapters seemed to be problematic, from the discussions on this forum due to lack of software compatibility for Macs.
I finally tried the USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter by Addlogix-- WLAN IEEE802.11b/g Adapter
http://addlogix.com/mac_products/embed.aspUSB 2.0WirelessAdapterbyAddlogix?stuff=se
mawlusbbody.html
Now even though the box and the Mac salesman said it was designed for USB 2.0, i have successfully been using it on my g3 ibook, with USB 1.0. The software includes USB Wireless Utility which is relatively easy to access on unencrypted networks.
Belkin also makes a Mac supported adapter that work with both USB 1.0 and of course 2.0. but you have to make SURE you get the right version (they have 4) which will run with Mac OSX. It's a bit more confusing...
My Addlogix was $40 at the store (OR has no sales tax!) it may be cheaper online but you have to deal with high shipping costs and more costs if you need to return. I felt it much safer to buy from a store in case this wouldn't work.
Thanks for everyone's input on this forum!
ibook G3 (ugh) Mac OS X (10.3.9) august 2003
ibook G3 (ugh) Mac OS X (10.3.9) august 2003
