Buffalo AirStation WLI-CBG54HP High Power Wireless CardBus in G3 Powerbook

Hi,
I have a G3 Powerbook (Pismo) and I’m running OSX 3.9 and have installed airport 4.1.
I want to get a wireless internet connection for this machine in the form of a PCMCIA card and one that will work with airport.
I’ve searched through some of the previous posts and found lots of relevant info (thanks to all concerned)
A number of posts suggest that the Buffalo Airstation WLI-CB-G54 works ok with this setup but I would like to know if anybody has any experience with the newer high powered version (WLI-CB-G54HP) and is there any reason to think that this one will not work when the standard one does or should they essentially be the same card?
If anyone can help me out here i’d be very grateful.
Barry
PowerBook G3500mhz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

The list referenced above does not reference the card in discussion...the HP variety.
I have just put a WLI-CB-G54HP into my G4 portable (fully updated 10.4.6), and I can tell you that there is no joy. There is no LED, though the card icon pops up on the toolbar above, and it has "Power Off Card" in black, the card stays cool and doesn't appear to be on at all. "Unknown Vendor" and "Access Control" are both gray'd out.
I just checked and the card also doesn't do anything but pop up the icon in my G3 (Pismo? Brown keys...firewire) running OSX Server 10.4.6.
I have used several earlier versions of this card which always worked the instant they were popped in. I have sold many of them to other happy users since they have a hole in the back for an external antenna...a great feature. I have also plugged in the Buffalo USB Wireless device and it doesn't do a thing either.
I expect that we still need to learn the reality of the chip manufacturer.
Meanwhile, the wifi to ethernet converter and router seem to work superbly.
internetmarine
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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