Looking for a USB powered wireless ethernet adaptor 1

[LazarX]

I remember a wireless g solution that I found particurlarly elegant for adapting old iMacs to wireless g technology. I believe it was called Air Net or somesuch. It was a wireless ethernet adaptor that could be powered by the iMacs USB ports.

Anyone else hear of this little beast and know if it's still around?

 

[cying]

There was an older one I have used for color iMac's (1998) running OS9 that worked great. I assume you are looking for OS X adapters:

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http://afterthemac.com/product.php?id=5052&gclid=CMO7huuXwIoCFU9FGAodnQGalg>

This is USB. Have not used it myself.

Actually I am looking for USB to 10/100BT Ethernet adapter for OS X. If you come across one, let me know.

Charles

 

[drlex]

Charles,
You want to have look here:

http://www.sustworks.com/site/news_usb_ethernet.html

It discusses chipsets on adaptors and the driver required.

I bought a Belkin F5D5050 and use the Pegasus driver on my iMac with 10.3.9 after an electrical spike nixed my ethernet port wired to a router (also bricked). I tarried with a USB wireless adaptor, but the driver kept causing kernal panics when unplugged.

soi la, soi carré

 

[cying]

Excellent article on USB2Ethernet drivers for OS X.

For completeness sake, I also tracked down a $25 part sold at CompUSA made by SMC that you can download the Mac OS X driver from the manufacturer's website.

SMC2208USB/ETH

smc.com has the driver in their support/download section.

Thanks for the tip,

Charles