[P1] 802.11g on Dual USB iBook?

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 1/14/04 13:53, "Jack Rodgers" <jackrodgers at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> No, there's nothing you can do. If your Mac doesn¹t accept an AirPort
>> Extreme card, you're stuck with the lower bandwidth.
> 
> The connectors on the two cards are quite different. The original has a
> PC Card connector and the extreme has a split plug with visible copper
> connectors on it. There are g cards in a PC Card that will work in
> Powerbooks that have a PC Card connector (PCMCIA) and maybe with an
> iBook if you can find a PC Card adapter that connects via USB, I don't
> know if one exists.
> 
> I seem to remember seeing USB devices that look similar to the flash
> drives and that do wifi. Don't recall whether it was a g device.

Good point. There are quite a few of these for PCs, and, if you can get a
driver that works, then it could function. I'm not sure if you can find a
driver though...
 
 
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