Starbucks WiFi – Airport is now dead

[eyoungren]

Just a warning for those of you still using the original Airport card. Our local Starbucks has had A/B flavored WiFi for years, but it seems since last weekend they have now dropped A/B conectivity. This means anyone with the original Airport card is dead in the water unless you have a wireless G dongle.

I doubt this has hit all Starbucks yet, but be warned it most certainly will happen once Google comes in to your local Starbucks at some point.

Looks like I will have to go back to sharing my internet connection with my son.

Who knows how long we have for Airport Extreme.

 

[eyoungren]

WooHooo! Internet sharing from the MBP via Firewire!

Going to have to pull out my old Starbucks internet sharing scripts!

 

[Altemose]

A good way to circumvent this is to get a good USB 2.0 wireless N dongle. I personally like the Netgear WNA1000m for its size, reliability, design, and affordability.

 

[cammykool]

how can i tell what flavor card i have? Google/Starbucks has come here and it still works on my PBG4 alimunum

 

[redheeler]

how can i tell what flavor card i have? Google/Starbucks has come here and it still works on my PBG4 alimunum

A PowerBook G4 1.33 has an AirPort Extreme card. This supports wireless G.

 

[eyoungren]

how can i tell what flavor card i have? Google/Starbucks has come here and it still works on my PBG4 alimunum

If you have an Aluminum PowerBook then you have Airport Extreme which is 802.11G. My son's PowerBook is a Titanium DVI, so it only has the original Airport (802.11A/B), which Starbucks cut off.