Acquired a PowerMac3,6 M8688LL/A “Mirrored,” the AirPort card was option, and was not installed in the build. I can see where it gets installed ready to go. Can someone shares was to which AirPort I can get that is compatible with the system and its Apple part number.
I think that the M8688LL/A model you have is the single 867MHz. You can confirm this by looking at the sticker on the back of the computer below the graphics card.
Airport comes in the original 802.11b which will not do you any good because of the lack of speed and that it can only connect with passwords using WEP (not suggested) or WPA with a firmware update I believe, but not WPA2.
The FireWire 800 model had processors with speeds of 1.0GHZ, dual 1.25GHz, and dual 1.42GHz. This is the only model that accepts Airport Extreme with 802.11G. I believe this will connect using WPA2 security.
If your MDD G4 is NOT the FireWire 800 model, I would suggest using a PCI wifi card. I believe something like this would work:
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... alternatively, an external Wi-Fi range extender with wireless Ethernet bridge capabilities connected to the Ethernet port of the computer. There are several relatively inexpensive Wi-Fi extenders with Ethernet, capable of operating in a client/adapter/bridge mode.
I believe these will work...
https://www.ebay.com/b/Powermac-G4-Airport-Card/42196/bn_7023288859
Oh is the Antenna already there? If not try the PCI card, much better range too.
Which AirPort Card for PowerMac G4
