Wireless USB card problems

I'm curious about this too as I'm wanting to snag a cheap USB 802.11b adaptor... (Micro Center has a similar one for $19.99 after rebates http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=175350 ) But don't want to waste my money if it won't work with OS X.

CharlesP

 

can't comment ont hat particular adaptor, but I'll say the linksys wet11 ethernet (and requires no drivers and is OS independent) adaptor works very well. if you return it, you may look at it, though its a bit more expensive. I saw linksys also makes "game adaptors" that appear to be mostly the same thing and probably would work with a computer as well as an xbox.

 

OK, I'll bite . If you've got a new iBook, meaning it's a current production model, why not buy an Airport Extreme card and pop it inside the iBook's cozy little slot? Fully integrated in the machine, which already has built-in antennas, etc. etc. I'm assuming you must need a USB wireless client for SOME reason other than the small difference in price?

Cheers,

WCat

 

well... USB wireless can be had for $20 WITH a built in 32meg thumbdrive... which is a far cry cheaper than an airport card is... so the difference in price is enough.

 

Actually you should return it, I read a recent MacAddict article about this particular piece, it does not play well with computers which have airport compatibility built into them. They could not get the device to work, it would frequently crash their test machines, and sometimes they would get a KP.

 

DWL-122

I purchased a second hand DWL-122 from Tigerdirect.com and it works just fine with my old 366Mhz I-Book running on OSX 10.2. I downloaded the latest driver and used the usb extension cable provided. For some reason, it did not work without using the cable.

My wireless router is a Netgear 802.11B device. It works perfectly with my DWL-122 and I-Book. My wireless set up costs were $28 for the DWL-122 and $8 (after rebates) for the Netgear router. Not too shabby.

 

Sadly I didn't read the follow-ups to this and ended up with the same product and the same problem... dlink says basically that if you're using anything that's not 10.2.x or 10.3.2? you're hosed... so if you're running the latest patches you've got problems. I guess this will go in an old PC for my son to use and I'll keep an eye out for an airport to put in my ibook G4

CharlesP