slalomskier Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I love osx86 on my dell inspiron 8600, but have a problem. no wireless, and no pcmia card. I am looking to buy the best USB wireless card that i can for under $100 What i Need: Good Range Fast Speeds Possible the ability to put on an external antenna Compatibility with osx86 10.4.5 Small B/G Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20546-usb-wireless/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
icey-ice-ice Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 you can buy usb wireless hubs at my local electronics store they cost 34$ each and you plug end 1 into your usb port and end 2 is what you plug your keyboard / maouse or whatever into they are usb 2.0 and work great my friend has a few. i'm not sure about the whole hackintosh thing though. jsut make sure you have zap straps for cord bundling. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20546-usb-wireless/#findComment-135672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slalomskier Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 you can buy usb wireless hubs at my local electronics store they cost 34$ each and you plug end 1 into your usb port and end 2 is what you plug your keyboard / maouse or whatever into they are usb 2.0 and work great my friend has a few. i'm not sure about the whole hackintosh thing though. jsut make sure you have zap straps for cord bundling. I do own a usb 2 wifi card, but is not compatible with osx86. and no hacks work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20546-usb-wireless/#findComment-135788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactogo Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 As far as I know, you'll have to find one that has a ralink chipset. Zydas is also working on a mac driver but from what I gather there are still some bugs to straighten out. Unfortunately, USB wifi isn't recognized as an airport card and so it loads its own software which makes it a little more cumbersome and less "seemless" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20546-usb-wireless/#findComment-135872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andras Kenez Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Ralink based USB WLAN compatible with OSX... but has not got antenna.... have Gigabyte WBKG works well after Plist edit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20546-usb-wireless/#findComment-135964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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