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)
