[Cube] Still Here

[Philip J Robar]

On Apr 8, 2006, at 5:23 AM, Riba wrote:

> On 2006.04.08, at 13:38, Philip J Robar wrote:
>
>> On Apr 8, 2006, at 3:23 AM, Peter Lang wrote:
>>
>>> Do you know it's possible to change from airport card b to g  
>>> (extreme) for cube without great effort?
>>
>> Airport and Airport Extreme cards are not interchangeable. They  
>> have physically different interfaces. If you want 802.11g you'll  
>> have to go with USB. While an 802.11g will saturate a cube's USB  
>> 1.1 port you should still do better than 802.11b which usually  
>> works at 3-5 Mbs in real use.
>
> Or you can use the "media converter" that connects through  
> ethernet...but it is a fairly expensive solution and of course  
> external...

I think you mean bridge (a.k.a. Gaming Adaptor), like those used to  
connect an ethernet only Game Console to a wireless network,  as  
opposed to a simple physical media converter, yes? I hadn't thought  
of that, and you're correct that they tend to be rather expensive --  
after quick look the least expensive I could find was $50. It would  
however let you take maximal advantage of 802.11g on a cube.


Phil
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