The National Enquirer reports at 8:58 AM -0700 9/4/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> The WirelessDriver from sourceforge.net support the Orinoco and is free. > >> Works very nicely, but perhaps IOXperts is even better I dunno. > > > > Actually I just bought two of the orinoco cards from Wegener last week and > > they do now come with OS X drivers for free.... > >Anyway to sample that OSX Driver? I don't know which driver Wegener is including. Their web site doesn't seem to give any hint either. But if it's either the Sourceforge open source driver (free) or the IOXperts driver ($20 shareware), you can install these drivers and try them before deciding which one to settle on. Email Wegener and ask them. In case you aren't aware, these drivers are OS X only. I don't know what people are using with these cards in OS 9. That's why I went with a card that would use the Apple OS 8/9 drivers. >Also, anyone know of a driver for either Belkin or Linksys cards >that will work in 9 or X? That's not an easy question to answer correctly without more information. Are you still talking about 802.11b cards (not 11g)? Which cards specifically? For OS X, your first step should be to go to the web-sites of the two drivers mentioned above and see if they list your cards as being supported. The other option would be to install the drivers and see if they work with those cards (unless you are trying to decided whether to buy the cards or not). The Belkin cards are difficult to generalize. There are multiple generations of cards that have the same part number but are completely different cards and will not work with the drivers you find on-line. For instance, the 2nd generation Belkin is not "prism-based" and therefore despite what you read, it will not work at all with the 3 drivers you see on-line (or so I'm told). BTW the drivers mentioned above are not the only ones available. Orangeware makes a shareware driver <http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html> and it is supposed to support the Linksys card. HTH, Bob -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
