[DM-MUG] USB Wireless adapter

Sun Mar 15 16:16:06 CDT 2009

Even an 802.11b wireless router (the original Airport card) outruns  
DSL and most cable connections.  The only speed difference you will  
see versus a wired network will be across your LAN (i.e., if you're  
sharing files between other computers on your home network).

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On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Holly Welch wrote:

> I have my daughter's emac that she bought in 2002, and we have it on  
> the wireless. We haven't had any problems.
> On Mar 15, 2009, at 1:23 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
>> >
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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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