802.11.n

[stanton119]

I was wondering if this pc card was actually compatible with mac os x.

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=224&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=44
Compatibility is not listed but on this website they have a driver:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Edimax/EW7708PN/

Could I trust this and buy it, also is this card compatible:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Pre-...0006FI5NS/ref=pd_sbs_ce_2/026-6197065-3090822

 

[aethelbert]

I don't believe that Apple makes any computers with those slots.

 

[stanton119]

I have a old powerbook g4, 667mhz. It has a card slot on the side. As far as im aware only the g3, and g4 powerbooks do, and no other macs do.

 

[stanton119]

Just to let you all know, Ive ordered the edimax, it should arrive soon, so ill report back then.

 

[Dreadnought]

I don't think it will work with your Mac laptop. A Wifi card only works inside a Mac laptop (under the keyboard), not on the port on the side. I tried it with another Apple WiFi card and it didn't succeed.

 

[stanton119]

I don't think it will work with your Mac laptop. A Wifi card only works inside a Mac laptop (under the keyboard), not on the port on the side. I tried it with another Apple WiFi card and it didn't succeed.

I just found this on the net from here http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/802_11N_Mac_reports.html

"Hi Mike, Have gained much info and help from your site over years now, so delighted to be able to give something back.
I have a 15" 1GHz TiBook which I've used wirelessly since I got it, first with an inbuilt Airport 802.11b card, then with a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A 802.11g cardbus card, and now successfully with a new Edimax EW-7708PN 802.11n draft 2.0 cardbus card. I can confirm that this uses the Ralink RT2860 chipset.

Installation and configuration of the card was very simple using the Ralink OSX drivers and utility from http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Macintosh.html and of course it was from xlr8yourmac that I learned of their existence.

The EW-7708PN connects flawlessly to my aged Belkin 802.11g base station. This is Broadcom based and is doing WDS with an 802.11g Airport Extreme, to which the EW-7708PN also connects fine. The network is rejoined on wake from sleep, but not as rapidly as with a native Airport card.

The Ralink utility shows that signal strength is apparently better than it was with the Buffalo card, with a significant signal associated with each antenna. Certainly performance in g mode is very good. I'm waiting for an Apple pre-N base station to make further tests, but so far I'm delighted.
(Update: I asked the Neville if the Edimax 802.11N PCMCIA card had Multiple antennas/MiMo support. He sent a screenshot from the RAlink utility showing the 3 antennas' signal strength.-Mike)

 

[plinden]

The Edimax is offered on OWC as Mac compatible. The only thing about those is, they are 2.4GHz only so you don't get the advantages of Wireless N at 5GHz (although most wireless N routers don't support 5GHz either, but the AEBS does)

 

[stanton119]

I now have the card installed. It works, but I have an issue with a WEP password. Im using my iMac G5 with internet sharing via airport for the wireless network. It is set up with a WEP 40-bit password. When you click connect it comes up with the attached screen. The two options are HEX and ACSII. Im not sure what to put here. I have typed in a 5-character password in internet sharing, and the same in ACSII on the laptop but it doesnt connect.

 

[fjwelte]

Did you ever get this to work? I just received an Edimax EW-7708pn PCMCIA (cardbus) card and am having a similar problem.

For the password, you should probably enter ASCII, unless you know the HEX equivalent. I'm trying to connect to an 802.11n network with WPA security and get a similar problem. The Ralink utility sees the network, but won't seem to connect. I can connect to the same network with the built-in Airport wireless, but only at 802.11g speeds.

Info: Powerbook G4 (1.5GHz) 17", D-Link DIR-655 802.11n router (1.10 firmware), Edimax EW-7708Pn PCMCIA/Cardbus adapter.

-FJW

 

[samh004]

Did you ever get this to work? I just received an Edimax EW-7708pn PCMCIA (cardbus) card and am having a similar problem.

You might want to PM the user, this thread is a bit old.

 

[stanton119]

Did you ever get this to work? I just received an Edimax EW-7708pn PCMCIA (cardbus) card and am having a similar problem.

For the password, you should probably enter ASCII, unless you know the HEX equivalent. I'm trying to connect to an 802.11n network with WPA security and get a similar problem. The Ralink utility sees the network, but won't seem to connect. I can connect to the same network with the built-in Airport wireless, but only at 802.11g speeds.

Info: Powerbook G4 (1.5GHz) 17", D-Link DIR-655 802.11n router (1.10 firmware), Edimax EW-7708Pn PCMCIA/Cardbus adapter.

-FJW

I did indeed. I had to change 'open' to 'shared' then put in HEX equivalent password. Although after that, I got more problems concerning self assigned ip addresses, I sorted that out, but its not 100% flawless.

Im not sure if the same solution would work for you, as I believe WPA is another setting under 'shared'. I basically just tried every setting until it worked if that helps.