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ikhan42

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Mar 19, 2009
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Hello Everyone,

I am writing to see if anyone can help me. I have a friend who has a MAc G5 1.6Ghz Computer and he wants to add wireless capabilities to it.

I have a few things I need to clarify with Macintos as my experience is mainly in the PC Relm and the last time I did anything with Apple Macintosh was getting them working in a Novell 3.12 environment.

1) Can I use a wireless USB key that works on PC on the MAC or is there a special USB key for Apple Macintosh.

2) Is there any dependencies on the router/Access point that the computer talks to ie does it have to be Aironet or is the Mac Happy talking in a Cisco, Liknsys, Dlink World etc.

I am also guessing that the mac is comfortable in an IP world and doesnt rely on apple talk any more is this assumption correct.

If there is any information that I can read to get me on my way it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
ikhan42
 
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