Drew, the whole thing was just under $50 including s/h
http://www.bearextender.com/buynow/ FYI I seem to recall you also had an iBook, and the reason I bought the unit was to repair my own iBook which started having some problems with the motherboard/WiFi http://www.instructables.com/id/Fixing-a-broken-iBook-G4-with-Airport-kernel-panic/ the draw back with using a USB WiFi device aside from the USB cables needed to use the "bear extender" is the greater unit draw of power, so battery life isn't as long. > Interesting, > What does one cost and where did you buy it? > > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:51:49 -0400, [email protected] said: >> Since macs are getting to be more popular, thought I'd share one USB >> WiFi >> device that is worth adding to your toolkit: >> >> www.bearextender.com >> >> Basically the "802.11" apple branded airport cards in mac products are >> not >> the greatest, for example in my old iBook for example the radio Output >> Power: 32 mW (15 dBm) >> >> To pick up WiFi in the golden Hill network on a consistent basis, the >> built in WiFi in apple products isn't the greatest, the D-Link 810+ >> ethernet bridge Michael hacked worked great but had problems when the >> various nodes in the network didn't have have a way to connect to the >> network (i.e. a nearby meraki AP had a strong signal, but didn't have a >> direct cable/DSL feed). >> >> To get around the limitations of the weak radio and apple "software" >> issues that make it difficult to select an access point within the GH >> network that might not have the strongest signal, but has a direct >> cable/DSL feed, can be fixed with a high powered (700 mW) "bear >> extender" >> USB radio/software. >> >> The software user interface for the USB bear extender, isn't all that >> polished when compared the steve jobs approved mac OS which limits user >> choices. But any WiFi geek using a mac, the bear extender I a worth >> while >> purchase, because it has a radio that is a magnitude more powerful than >> apple's WifI branded "airport" and software that allows a user to pick >> which AP they want to connect to. >> >> See attachment of screenshot that allows user to accomplish a "site >> survey" not possible with basic apple hardware/software. >> >> ben >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >> DISCLAIMER: This is your last chance. After this, >> there is no turning back. You take the blue pill >> - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and >> believe whatever you want to believe. You take >> the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and >> I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. >> >> http://phaster.com/_peak/_peak_expectations.html >> >> P.S. during an economic crisis, isn't it >> comforting to know that "For every economist, >> there exists an equal and opposite economist." >> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DISCLAIMER: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. http://phaster.com/_peak/_peak_expectations.html P.S. during an economic crisis, isn't it comforting to know that "For every economist, there exists an equal and opposite economist." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
