On Dec 14, 2004, at 6:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I want to buy a USB wireless G (wifi) that plugs into a usb port on an older (clamshell) ibook that is running OS 9.2.2 and wanted to know if anyone knows of such product that will work with this OS.
I have found one that works with OS 10.2.8 and above (but none that i can
find seem to have drivers that will support OS 9.2.2 or well any OS except 10.2.8
and above.
Has anyone ever used one of these on an ibook that still uses the classic system and if so could you share with me any info on brand and drivers etc.
any help would be much appreciated as the ibook (well 5 ibooks) are used at a non-profit homeless community / mental health support network and i want them to be able to share my cable internet as they are in the same building as me but have been using dial up access for internet.
thanks Dylan
Dylan,
While there are no products that come to mind that offer 802.11g, there are several products available that work with both 9.2.2 and OS X, including the Airport Card. All Clamshell iBooks are Airport ready, and the Airport cards work with any wireless router; no need for a base station. The only practical need for 802.11g is to transfer large (over 10meg) files wirelessly from computer to computer. But, if all of these computers are only surfing the net, then they will still be able to surf at average speeds of 2mbps, which blows dialup out the window.
And even if you had a USB 802.11g device, the USB 1.1 ports on this computer would limit the speed to that of 802.11b.
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Clark Martin
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