So does the driver in the link below work with any wireless card? I mean is is generic? I have 2 802.11b wireless cards that I've used in my PC laptops, and one 802.11g that I'd really like to be able to use.
Rad... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 11:03 PM Subject: Re: Airport Alternatives > At 6:13 PM -0500 3/21/04, Clyde Kahrl wrote: > >I am using old "Roamabout" cardbus cards (OEM orinoco) from Wegener > >for $27. They only come with OS9 drivers (that work fine for OS9) > >but for OSX you have to download an OSX driver from ioXperts. The > >driver costs $20 per card and the serial number for the driver is > >portable from computer to computer, but not card to card. The OSX > >driver works just great. > > > There is also the OS X driver from > <http://sourceforge.net/projects/wirelessdriver/>. It's kind of no > frills but it's free. > > > > > >I got the old slow "b" protocol because I was more concerned with > >range. I got a cardbus card because I have a 550 tiBook with > >reputedly horrible internal antenna and so I wanted the external > >antenna. All of the 11(b) equipment is really cheap now because > >nobody but us LowEndLuddites want it. > > > LowEndMac user yes but a Luddite of any sort, no. > > > > >I use the older model Asante "b" wireless router with the 2 > >antennas. I put the router high on the wall in the center of my old > >house that has a lot of wire mesh in the lath. My range from the > >Asante router to my tiBook is in excess of 250 feet outdoors. > > > I have the same situation with stucco exterior walls. I've got one > location inside the house that goes through two exterior walls to get > to the router. I originally used a SMC Barricade wireless router > which wouldn't work through those walls. The Belkin router I have > now does work to that location. > > > > >I bought a D-Link 614+ wireless router here in my office and it > >works fine for some things, but it does not support appletalk > >packets. If you buy a D-Link product, better check this out. They > >sometimes say they are Mac compatible (and they are at the TCP-IP > >level) but you have to read the fine print to see which of their > >products support Appletalk---if you have old machines or printers > >and need it. > > > Neither of the routers I bought support AppleTalk although IIRC they > both claim to. The SMC almost did, it would pass the Zone info but I > couldn't access anything. The Belkin seems to only "support" on the > LAN which pretty much any of them will. You have to be careful when > checking for that issue. > > > > >For print servers, many of the old Asante routers have a print > >server port that used to only work with Windows or Postscript > >Printers, but now it works with OSX.3. on some other > >printers--depending on the driver and whether the printer has a > >parallel port. > > I just set up an HP 5850. It works wired or Wireless and is IP so > the lack of AppleTalk isn't an issue. > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
