On Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 03:47 AM, Justin The Cynical wrote:
The problem, as I understand it, is the airport software doesn't work with the bulk of the chipsets used with many of the generic WiFi adaptors.
I know for a fact that the Broadcom chips are supported by the Airport software (and I read a reference that Apple finally admitted it as well).
For popular chipsets with opensource support, aren't there usually OS X drivers that work fine?
For example, Belkin has the PC Card F5D6010 and no drivers, but it's really a common manufacturer, relabeled as Belkin ( I forget which but google will say) , and OS X drviers are available. I just researched this for a friend with a OS X laptop and this Belkin card, but haven't heard about how the driver install went yet (or if you access thru Airport or other).
I don't have any airport-using equipment so I've never figured out how limiting that really is. My G4 is "airport ready" but I see no reason to pay Apple extra just for having their weird slot populated, when I know I can get a PCI solution.
Don't get me started on the Airport base station, with a bog-standard PCCard inside. sheesh.
So no, if you research a little and don't mind losing a PCI slot, cheaper solutions are around.
Brian
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