[DM-MUG] USB Wireless adapter

Ray Bowler rbowler at mchsi.com
Sun Mar 15 14:02:10 CDT 2009 

It should work but be sure that Qwest configures the modem  for WPA.  
My understanding is that wireless is slower than wired but mine is  
fast enough that I am pleased with it.

On Mar 15, 2009, at Mar 15, 20091:23 PM, Geoffrey Stevens wrote:

> My get your advice?
> I have an old emac which could take an Airport Extreme Card.
> If I get qwest DSL here at home, could I get a wireless modem from  
> qwest or another source like Other World Computing and have the emac  
> work without wires and would it work just as fast and secure as if  
> it was wired?
> Thankx, Geoff
>
> > From: cwsmith7 at gmail.com
> > To: dmmug at dmmug.org
> > Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] USB Wireless adapter
> > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:47:05 -0500
> >
> > Ray:
> >
> > I have an original AirPort card I use for testing purposes. I'll  
> need
> > it back, but you could certainly use it to determine whether your  
> card
> > is bad.
> >
> > Call me on my mobile phone, listed below.
> >
> > Peace,
> > CW
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > CW Smith
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> >
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> >
> > On Mar 12, 2009, at 2:05 AM, Ray Bowler wrote:
> >
> > > It has been an interesting evening. Network is Home network 2  
> using
> > > WPA2 Personal. Still had the problem and I wasn't sure that the
> > > Airport Card was shipped in the machine. Right!!!!! I bought the
> > > iBook and the base station 1/24/2002 from CompUSA. The Airport  
> Card
> > > was shipped that same day from Dallas. Neither of the numbers
> > > mentioned in the discussion thread are on my card. I'm back to
> > > questioning the card.
> > >
> > > On Mar 11, 2009, at Mar 11, 20097:49 PM, Ray Bowler wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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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