AirPort BlogNews and tips related to the Apple AirPort networking system and other wireless uses of the Mac OS.Loss of Cheap AirPort Card Biggest Complaint- December 29, 2005 The single biggest complaint I hear from Apple users that have Mac models introduced after 1999 and before 2003 is that Apple canceled production of the AirPort Card. Apple released the original AirPort Card in 1999 and it was more or less the same device through 2004, when it stopped being produced. There's a story behind it that I only have pieces of. The AirPort Card was a modified version of a PC Card produced originally by Lucent. When Wi-FI was first introduced, there was Intersil and...http://wireless-starter-kit.com/airportblog/archives/2005/12/loss_of_cheap_a.html Ralink Offers Tiger Drivers for Third-Party Wi-Fi Products- December 7, 2005 The Taiwan-based chipmaker Ralink may be the solution for many Mac owners trying to find a Wi-Fi adapter that works with their particular machine. While no company except Apple currently makes anything but a USB 2.0 adapter that has explicitly supported drivers for Mac OS X, several companies use chips from Broadcom, Apple's Wi-Fi chip supplier, that have meant their products work in a Mac without any additional software. This has changed lately, as Broadcom's competitors have made inroads...http://wireless-starter-kit.com/airportblog/archives/2005/12/ralink_offers_t.html |