802.11g and System 9(.2.2)

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Henry - 26 Aug 2004 11:21 GMT

Greetings. Does _anyone_ make a pcmcia/pc-card/cardbus card for
'G'-speed wireless under System 9, or could the reason I can't find one
be that they don't exist?

TIA.

cheers,

Henry

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Fred Moore - 26 Aug 2004 16:29 GMT

My understanding is that 'g' is only fully supported under 10.3.x. IOW,
for 9 you're stuck with 'b'.

--Fred

: Greetings. Does _anyone_ make a pcmcia/pc-card/cardbus card for
: 'G'-speed wireless under System 9, or could the reason I can't find one
: be that they don't exist?

: TIA.

: cheers,

: Henry

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andrewunix - 26 Aug 2004 16:55 GMT

26 Aug 2004 11:29:38 -0400, fmoore@gcfn.org suggested:

: My understanding is that 'g' is only fully supported under 10.3.x. IOW,
: for 9 you're stuck with 'b'.

Actually, all versions of OS 10 support Airport Extreme with the
appropriate version of the Airport software, not just 10.3. (You'll need
10.3 for WPA, though).

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Fred Moore - 30 Aug 2004 17:25 GMT

: 26 Aug 2004 11:29:38 -0400, fmoore@gcfn.org suggested:
: : My understanding is that 'g' is only fully supported under 10.3.x. IOW,
: : for 9 you're stuck with 'b'.

: Actually, all versions of OS 10 support Airport Extreme with the
: appropriate version of the Airport software, not just 10.3. (You'll need
: 10.3 for WPA, though).

I draw your attention to the word 'fully' above. You need 10.3.x to get
WPA working. Clear text _will_ work with earlier versions of 10. WEP works
with some earlier versions of 10 but not all (I think).

--Fred

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andrewunix - 30 Aug 2004 18:47 GMT

30 Aug 2004 12:25:50 -0400, fmoore@gcfn.org suggested:

:: 26 Aug 2004 11:29:38 -0400, fmoore@gcfn.org suggested:
:: : My understanding is that 'g' is only fully supported under 10.3.x. IOW,
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: WPA working. Clear text _will_ work with earlier versions of 10. WEP works
: with some earlier versions of 10 but not all (I think).

I've never seen a version of MacOS that supported 802.11b or 802.11g
but didn't support WEP. I don't think that WPA was part of the
original official 802.11g spec. I know that I have a Netgear 802.11g
access point that has what claims to be "standard-compliant" firmware, but
does not support WPA.

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Laurent Daudelin - 29 Aug 2004 04:01 GMT

> My understanding is that 'g' is only fully supported under 10.3.x. IOW,
> for 9 you're stuck with 'b'.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> : 'G'-speed wireless under System 9, or could the reason I can't find one
> : be that they don't exist?

Look on versiontracker.com for "wireless". I've seen one company selling
drivers I believe for OS 9 and they also sell various cards.

-Laurent.

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