Ioxperts Expands 802.11b Driver Support For Mac
Cambridge, Mass.-based has released an updated version of their 802.11b wireless networking drivers for Mac OS 8 - 9. The new version, 1.03, adds support for new cards and includes bug fixes and updates designed to keep pace with Apple's own wireless networking drivers. Apple's AirPort 3.1 drivers offer support for some third-party wireless networking devices, but that support is limited to Mac OS X. IOXperts has expanded wireless networking support for more than 60 different PC card models that support the IEEE 802.11b networking standard, so users of legacy Macs equipped with PC card slots (like older PowerBooks) can use third-party cards as well. The IOXperts driver supports AppleTalk, 64- and 128-bit WEP, Airport passwords, and network listing.
The new version of the driver now supports five new cards from Adaptec, Senao, Alvarion, ARtem and Proxim. IOXperts indicates that a similar driver release for Mac OS X will soon be made as well. Pricing for the new drivers is US$19.95 per card under both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. A time-limited demo version of the driver is available for download. This story, 'IOXperts expands 802.11b driver support for Mac OS 8-9' was originally published.
IOXperts 802.11b driver X for Mac Download Support for 64 and 128 bit WEP all cards except Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 Support for AppleTalk Support for listing available networks. Support for the AirPort Password Algorithm.. Getting Started.
I'm upgrading my Linksys modem/router and the wireless adapter for my girlfriend's iBook and could do with some recommendations. I'm currently using an old Belkin 802.11b USB adapter and I'd recently bought a Linksys modem and adapter bundle that was on offer, however no Mac drivers for the adapter.
There's no mention of Mac compatibility on Belkin's site for their new G and G+ adapters and couldn't find anything for D-Link or Netgear either. Can you still get Mac compatible wireless adapters or I'm I better going for an Airport card? The price had put me off however I found some cheap ones on eBay, the only thing is that PC World (I know but bear with me) has some good offers on routers and adapters.
I suppose I could always just sell the spare adapter if I bought one. Anyway, just wanted to see what other people's experiences are. Cheers, Craig.
Ioxperts Expands 802.11b Driver Support For Macbook Pro
Well I'm on a first floor and the router is 4 floors above and really wide walls (this is an oooold building), like 15 meters (49ft?), I have 98% signal strength at day and 100% at night. The link quality is at 100% all day, both%s much better than on my iBook's Airport Card. I must tell that the router is not that good, still I don't have any connection problems. There are people complaining about the driver stability but you'll find complains about almost anything these days most of them are user's fault. What I can tell is that my only problem is (as you can read at Ralinks forum) that I have a conflict with Photoshop and some USB devices.
I came to this device because my brother surprised me with a SMC wireless device which was a piece of crap (jut don't tell him), I was googling for an Atheros chipset driver which does not exist by the way, and came to Ralink site which stands that some Linksys devices had a RT2500 chipset and they had a Mac driver so I returned the SMC and changed for the Linksys WUSB54G (RT2500 chipset) without knowing if it would work or not. As you can see, it works and I'm happy with it. The rest of the story is at Ralink's forum whith a How-to make it work. You can get the latest drivers that do work on Mac OS X 10.4.7 Tiger at This driver came today 7/20/06 direct from the Ralink engineer, and it for sure works. Further, if you are looking for the longest range wifi connection for your mac, go with the usb antenna/Ralink card combo (there are different sizes antennas, but same 802.11g card from this guy in Canada found at: I'm bought the 4 inch square usb version for under $100 (28dbm) and the larger 14 x 15 inch version (38dbm) at about $120.
My new MacBook Pro has the smaller Expresscard/34 slot, which is useless for wifi, since there are no cards available yet. The above Superpass antenna/cards are definitely the way to go for Mac. They are convenient, portable, and have the high output usb radio card built inside the antenna box.