[DM-MUG] USB Wireless adapter

Ray Bowler rbowler at mchsi.com
Wed Mar 11 19:49:43 CDT 2009


Thanks David, Jim and Bryan. I originally thought it was the card  
because when I tried t0 configure it it only gave me WEP as an option.  
I wonder what app. I was into that time. I'm going to get the Airport  
app over there and configure it right.


On Mar 11, 2009, at Mar 11, 20093:48 PM, Bryan Baker wrote:


> The confusion may also be attributable to this:
>
> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1792412&tstart=0
>
> Apparently the cards that were shipped for/in computers should all  
> be WPA-able.
> There were cards that originally shipped in the original base  
> station that do not have WPA capabilities, and some have found their  
> way to the used market over the years after being scavenged from old  
> base stations.
>
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Ray Bowler wrote:
>
>> Sorry to confuse the issue. I need to find one which will do WPA.  
>> the one I have Is fine but it will net support WPA so it cannot  
>> connect to my network-or that is what seems to be happening.
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2009, at Mar 11, 20092:04 PM, j lagnese wrote:
>>
>>> My iMac doesn't have an extreme card.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ray Bowler <rbowler at mchsi.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> It is running OS 10.4. I went to Apple's site and looked for an  
>>> Extreme card but I don't seem to find one. Probably too costly if  
>>> I found one.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 11, 2009, at Mar 11, 200911:49 AM, James Lagnese wrote:
>>>
>>> What version of the OS are you running? I have an old CRT iMac  
>>> with an Airport card (b) and it connects with WPA just fine. The  
>>> OS is 10.4.11.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 11:34AM, "David McLaughlin" <thorgrim at imaginarytower.org 
>>> > wrote:
>>> I have an iBook with a wireless card which will not support WPA
>>> security.
>>>
>>> http://www.newertech.com/products/mxusb_gb.php
>>>
>>> Haven't tried it myself but it supports WPA2.
>>>
>>> The big question is if your iBook has USB 2 ports or not.
>>>
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