On Thursday 24 July 2003 09:18 pm, Mitch Hogg wrote: > Hi folks. I'm new to the list, so please accept my apologies if these > questions have been asked and answered already. > > 1. I'm looking to get a wireless PCMCIA card for my Wallstreet (which is > running OS X). I know from the recent discussion here and what I've seen > elsewhere that the Orinoco silver or gold will work in my machine, but I > was wondering if anyone had come across any comprehensive list of other > cards that were also compatible. I ask this not only because I want to shop > around and compare prices but also because my local stores don't seem to > carry the Orinoco card. I have found some good deals on cards by Lucent, > D-Link, Linksys and the like, but of course they don't officially have any > Mac support. Is a card just a card, or is there something Mac-specific I > need to be looking for?
Orinoco just has the best record of working with Powerbooks. I have a Lucent WaveLAN IEEE but I needed to buy the payware 802.11b driver from IOXperts in order to make it work. http://www.ioxperts.com/ If you are looking for a bargain-basement card you should go to the IOXperts website and check their list of supported cards. Also you should factor in that the driver costs $20. You cannot run the driver for longer than 30 minutes without registering. Some 802.11b cards do have Macintosh drivers. You will just have to consult the manufacturer's site. However, the Orinoco has been known to work with the AirPort drivers that come with MacOS X, so that's another reason to go with that. > 3. My wife's laptop (which will be the other computer connecting > wirelessly) is an iBook with an Airport card. Does this fact change any of > the above? Nope, you should be fine. Actually you both can probably also use "ad-hoc mode" to set up a connection between the iBook and your Wallstreet with an Orinoco. No WAP required for that. -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
