27 January 2006
USB Wireless Adapter that (sort of) works on Macs!
This may be of use to some, especially as original Airport cards are becoming increasing difficult to track down.
There is a USB Wireless Adapter made by Asus that (sort of) works on a Mac.
However, the application that you need to use to activate and control it on a Mac appears to be exactly that, an application, not a real driver.
The application CD is labelled as coming from nortekonline.com but as the Asus adapter uses the Ralink 2500 chipset, there are a selection of drivers available.
Some useful information about other wireless adapters that use the same chipset.
My experience with this so far is that you have to activate the adapter using it's application and then an 'Ethernet Adapter' appears in the Network Preference Pane.
Unfortunately, If you sleep the Mac or restart, the connection is lost and you have to unplug the adapter, plug it back in and reconnect in the application.
I have not tried any of the other drivers yet, as I have only just found them.
This may not be of any great use considering the hoops that you have to jump through but the adapter is available for around £17 ($30)
There is a USB Wireless Adapter made by Asus that (sort of) works on a Mac.
However, the application that you need to use to activate and control it on a Mac appears to be exactly that, an application, not a real driver.
The application CD is labelled as coming from nortekonline.com but as the Asus adapter uses the Ralink 2500 chipset, there are a selection of drivers available.
Some useful information about other wireless adapters that use the same chipset.
My experience with this so far is that you have to activate the adapter using it's application and then an 'Ethernet Adapter' appears in the Network Preference Pane.
Unfortunately, If you sleep the Mac or restart, the connection is lost and you have to unplug the adapter, plug it back in and reconnect in the application.
I have not tried any of the other drivers yet, as I have only just found them.
This may not be of any great use considering the hoops that you have to jump through but the adapter is available for around £17 ($30)
08 January 2006
Neighbours
It doesn't matter where you live or how big a garden you've got. Your life can still be blighted by those neighbours that seem to have no idea about what social responsibility is.
We have such neighbours and they have a West Highland Terrier. Now, I have nothing against the dog as it's a bright little thing that would make an excellent pet for someone, just not our particular neighbours.
I think you could count on one hand the number of times that we have seen them take the poor thing for a walk.
The result of this lack of love and attention, plus the fact that it is left outside in all weathers means that it barks for attention whenever it sees something or hears the slightest sound.
A continuous bark, about once per second, until it gets what it wants.
Despite telling them about this problem and them admitting on numerous occasions that they are aware of it, nothing has been done to improve the situation.
I have decided to take action by using this product. I will report back on how it works out.
We have such neighbours and they have a West Highland Terrier. Now, I have nothing against the dog as it's a bright little thing that would make an excellent pet for someone, just not our particular neighbours.
I think you could count on one hand the number of times that we have seen them take the poor thing for a walk.
The result of this lack of love and attention, plus the fact that it is left outside in all weathers means that it barks for attention whenever it sees something or hears the slightest sound.
A continuous bark, about once per second, until it gets what it wants.
Despite telling them about this problem and them admitting on numerous occasions that they are aware of it, nothing has been done to improve the situation.
I have decided to take action by using this product. I will report back on how it works out.
