Re: PCI Wireless Cards
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: So what I did, is buy one of these Amazon.com: TRENDnet 300 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter TEW-664UB (Version v1.0R) It's dual band which means you get 802.11n (2.4ghz) or 802.11n (5ghz) it's the only US2 dongle that supports 5ghz that I know of. I think I'm more impressed by the fact that this TrendNet USB device apparently comes with software which allows it to work on a Mac. Claiming it is a dual-band 802.11n client strikes as a bit of marketing hype. Technically I believe my Early 2008 white Intel MacBook 4,1 (MB403LL/A) could also be claimed to be dual band since it can use either the 2.4GHz or the 5GHz band. (It's either one or the other at a time, of course. I don't know of *any* client that supports simultaneous dual-band. Given how few people would have any use for that capability, it's probably cheaper just to buy two dongle's (or whatever) than to try to build that sort of thing into a single piece of client hardware.) An indirect way of determining whether or not an 802.11n wireless client is dual band is to look at the specs and find out which protocols it supports in addition to 80211.n. If it also supports 802.11a then the client can work in the 5GHz band as well as 2.4GHz and so could be referred to as dual-band. I don't think this terminology is commonly used with clients, but then WTHDIK? At least that's how I understand it ... -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
PCI Wireless Cards
Are there any PCI wireless cards that are fully Airport compatible that are 802.11n? If so, which ones have you found that do the trick? If not, which G would you recommend? I have a Newertech wireless card that I just don't like. It has to have special software that is a pain in the neck. Thank you in advance for your help. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PCI Wireless Cards
-Original Message- From: Jason Brown jason_br...@charter.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, Dec 18, 2009 11:31 am Subject: PCI Wireless Cards Are there any PCI wireless cards that are fully Airport compatible that are 802.11n? If so, which ones have you found that do the trick? If not, which G would you recommend? I have a Newertech wireless card that I just don't like. It has to have special software that is a pain in the neck. Thank you in advance for your help. I use a Sonnet PCI card 802.11g just boot with it in the slot and it thinks it's a AirPort card. That easy. No software no buttons tto push. Talladea fast. John wtmm Yorba Linda -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PCI Wireless Cards
Jason, I've spent countless hours looking into that myself... unfortunately the problem is that your Airport software doesn't support N devices. So what I did, is buy one of these Amazon.com: TRENDnet 300 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter TEW-664UB (Version v1.0R): Electronics it's dual band which means you get 802.11n (2.4ghz) or 802.11n (5ghz) it's the only US2 dongle that supports 5ghz that I know of. I have a usb 2.0 card installed in my G5 and I plug this adapter into the internal port of the card and it works awesome and what's really cool is even though I need the trendnet driver to operate it, once the driver launches, I can simply quit the software and it works flawlessly behind the scenes (like an Airport device)... hope this helps! Jeff On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Jason Brown wrote: Are there any PCI wireless cards that are fully Airport compatible that are 802.11n? If so, which ones have you found that do the trick? If not, which G would you recommend? I have a Newertech wireless card that I just don't like. It has to have special software that is a pain in the neck. Thank you in advance for your help. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: PCI Wireless Cards
- Original Message - From: Jeffrey Engle To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 1:43 PM Subject: Re: PCI Wireless Cards your Airport software doesn't support N The Airport drivers built into 10.5 dont support N? How do the newer Macs running the N wireless do it? This is all just too confusing lol. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
