kdawg Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Does anyone know of a wireless card that will support 5GHz networking at 300mpbs with OSX86? I've have yet to find one. Not sure they even make them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118712-80211n-5ghz-300mbps-wireless-networking/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuildSmart Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Does anyone know of a wireless card that will support 5GHz networking at 300mpbs with OSX86? I've have yet to find one. Not sure they even make them.I have recently negotiated with Broadcom and Atheros to get desktop PCI-Express X1 802.11a/b/g/n wireless cards that will be 100% apple airport compatible (use existing apple drivers without modifications and recognized properly). I received two development cards a couple of weeks back from Atheros, fully tested the cards and submitted my approval for the card, now I just need to submit a request for a production run however the price is affected by the quantity ordered. One version of the card is a stealth card that uses internal laptop antennas so no external wifi hardware would be visible but I doubt I will have this card produced since it was more of a novelty concept to show me what they could do for me. For 100 cards my cost per card is $120.00 FOB, $67.00 based on 1,000 FOB and $22.00 based on 10,000 FOB and these prices don't include any kind of markup or retail packaging (FOB = Freight On Boat). $22.00 sounds like a really nice price but having to put up the entire money in advance and then store the product when it arrives until they are sold is no easy task. A production run and delivery of 1000 would take about 21 days and I would probably need to do some kind of pre-sale deposit with at least a minimum order of 300 before I would even consider putting that kind of money up in advance and I'd have to figure out what the actual retail price will be (guaranteed to be less than $100.00). I am expecting to receive the Broadcom development cards within the next 5 days and the price will be comparable (maybe a couple of dollars less), quantity will always be cheaper and that is what everyone would like however I can't afford to pay for 10,000 cards and sell them off one at a time until they are sold unless someone orders and pays for 5,000 cards, then the retail price would be around $40.00 after I figure out retail packaging for the product. Here's a shot of the Atheros cards I've already received showing the connection and rate Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118712-80211n-5ghz-300mbps-wireless-networking/#findComment-844352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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