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#1 2003-01-03 6:20 pm
- ernieme
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- From: Toronto Ontario Canada
- Registered: 2003-01-02
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inexpensive wireless for beige G3 desktop ?
here's my situation ... i have a b&w g3 attached to my cable modem and i want to share the connection with my beige g3 which is downstairs and running cat5 cable isnt an option .
i thought i could buy a wireless router (linksys , dlink , netgear , etc.) and put either a pci or usb wireless adapter on the beige g3 . the problem is that all the pci or usb adapters i've seen say they're for windows only .
do i actually need drivers to run these devices on a mac ? does apple have generic drivers like the drivers i'm using to run the pci usb card in my g3 (usb card adapter 1.41 i believe) . or are there mac specific devices i can buy from other manufacturers ?
thanks all for your time an help 
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#2 2003-01-04 4:46 pm
Re: inexpensive wireless for beige G3 desktop ?
I have used the Belkin F5D6050x on my 6360/160 to connect to my server upstairs. The software (d/l from Belkin) is crap and if you have the device plugged in at startup the Mac may hang. But it does work.
I've been in contact with Belkin and they've acknowleged the bug. The person who responded was very helpful and did a better job of defining the problem than I did. Even set up a Mac to test my complaint! Maybe they'll fix it...
All that aside, it should be posible to run an "ad hoc" network between 2 Macs using Belkin USBs without any Access Point/router/etc.
As for the USB card, the Apple driver works with any card that uses Open Host specs rather than Universal Host - as I remember. My card is a 2-porter based on the Opti chipset.
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