On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:05 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: > >> It says all you have to do is plug it in. But I guess you have your heart >> set on a card when a $15 dongle will do. > > A $15 USB dongle WON'T DO as each manufacturer has its own set of drivers, > and not every USB dongle manufacturer issues MacOS X drivers. In fact, > rather few actually do. > > > Of all the USB dongles out there, I like the ones based upon the Realtek > chip set the best as their driver supports every variation of their chip > set, no matter whom the actual retailer is. > > Look for ... > > Wlan_11n_USB_MacOS10.6_Driver_1079_UI_1.8.8 > > ... for MacOS 10.6 (and also 10.7) ... > > Wlan_11n_USB_MacOS10.5_Driver_1079_UI_1.8.8 > > ... for MacOS 10.5, and ... > > Wlan_11n_USB_MacOS10.4_Driver_1079_UI_1.8.8 > > ... for MacOS 10.4 (and most probably 10.3). > > The version of the dongle I buy is 802.11a/b/g/n compatible, but my > present wireless access point is 802.11g. > I use RALink drivers on the N speed dongles and Realtek on the G speed dongles, They work pretty good but once in a while I loose connection and have to reboot to reload the driver so IMHO the AirPort approach is the best if you can get a Card cheap.
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