3rd party wireless cards

Charles Pillsbury cpillsbury at gmail.com
Wed Oct 20 20:19:05 MDT 2004


the micro-center around here has had a couple of the USB ones for
about $20-40 each (sometimes with built in thumbdrive too).... though
I've not tested them they are at least supposed to work with OS X if
not Linux too.

CharlesP


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:19:18 -0400, Christopher Molnar <molnarc at mac.com> wrote:
> How about any USB or Firewire cards?
> I'm on an iBook G4 (white) and can't do pcmcia :-( (Unless you know
> something I don't)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/20/04 5:57 PM, "R. McFarlane" <ydl at mcfarlanecomputing.net> wrote:
> 
> > At 02:47 PM 10/20/2004, Brian McKee, had this to say :
> >
> >> I'd love to hear from anyone using a non-apple wireless card in both OSX
> >> and YDL.
> >> While I'm guessing an original Apple airport card is the easy solution,
> >> the price of them (for used and 802.11b!) is ridiculous around here.
> >> Too many people wanting them for OS9 I suppose.   I'd rather buy a g card
> >> anyway.
> >> I know Airport Extreme is a no go.
> >
> >
> >          I have bought 2 Orinoco Silver PCMCIA cards off eBay for $20
> > shipped to my door! My third card was included with my PB 5300 I bought
> > from the LEM Swap List a few months back.
> >
> >          Kismet rocks!
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > R. McFarlane
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