The National Enquirer reports at 4:21 PM -0400 6/17/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>You can use any wireless router that are 802.11b compliant.
That's a pretty broad statement, Laurent. Can I clarify it a little bit?
You *can* use any 802.11b compliant WiFi router...if, and only if...there is a driver for it, either from the manufacturer, from the OS itself, or if a 3rd-party diver supports it. That applies to all OS versions, but especially OS X. If you can find one that meets that requirement, go for whatever makes you happy.
You CAN use any 802.11b compliant WiFi ROUTER. No drivers are required for anything. You will likely want one that can be configured via a web browser making it independent of operating system. A WiFi INTERFACE CARD requires a OS specific driver, but not the router.
For additional features you may want in a WiFi router, please refer to my comments in the previous threads: "Wall Street, wi-fi, and OS 9.1" on 6/15 "another wireless question" on 6/16
A question for those of you using 3rd-party cards or routers -- would you say that a person needs to be somewhat technically savvy to get these to work (not a total Geek, just a notch or two above a novice user)? I'm just curious. I don't think I would expect a fairly novice user to be able to install the Sourceforge wireless driver in OS X and be able to get it to work without help.
You don't have to be technically savvy to set it up, unless anything goes wrong. But fortunately that never happens, does it.
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