Wireless USB Recommendation

I have to buy a Wireless G USB adapter for my Ubuntu laptop, but I need
it to also be compatible with Mac OS X and obviously WinXP.

Any recommendations on brands or chipsets (or even which cheap one's
would do the trick on eBay)???

TIA

On 7 May 2006 23:28:18 -0700, Carter wrote:
> I have to buy a Wireless G USB adapter for my Ubuntu laptop, but I need
> it to also be compatible with Mac OS X and obviously WinXP.

Why does it have to be a *USB* adapter? USB wireless adapters are risky
unless you know what's inside. Instead use an ethernet wireless adapter
such as the Asus WL330g.

Bob T.

Bob Tennent <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On 7 May 2006 23:28:18 -0700, Carter wrote:
> > I have to buy a Wireless G USB adapter for my Ubuntu laptop, but I need
> > it to also be compatible with Mac OS X and obviously WinXP.

> Why does it have to be a *USB* adapter? USB wireless adapters are risky
> unless you know what's inside. Instead use an ethernet wireless adapter
> such as the Asus WL330g.

But USB means that you don't need to dismantle your PC to plug in some
device...

Quite comfordable on behalf of that...

Bye
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Uwe Bonnes <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> Bob Tennent <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > On 7 May 2006 23:28:18 -0700, Carter wrote:
> > > I have to buy a Wireless G USB adapter for my Ubuntu laptop, but I need
> > > it to also be compatible with Mac OS X and obviously WinXP.
>
> > Why does it have to be a *USB* adapter? USB wireless adapters are risky
> > unless you know what's inside. Instead use an ethernet wireless adapter
> > such as the Asus WL330g.
>
> But USB means that you don't need to dismantle your PC to plug in some
> device...

gee! you have a PC *without* a pcmcia slot? get a pcmcia wireless
card (mine is a cisco) and be happy. modern pc's (centrino) have an
integrated wireless chip on the motherboard.

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Maurizio Loreti http://www.pd.infn.it/~loreti/mlo.html
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Padova, Italy ROT13: (E-Mail Removed)

It has to be USB because I will be using this one adapter on different
machines (laptops & desktops) and OSes (Mac, *NIX, Windows), obviously
not at the same time, and the USB port is the only working and reliable
port in all cases (Ethernet port on one machine is faulty).

So again, any recommendations on a USB Wireless G adapter that's
compatibale with Linux, Mac OS X and WinXP???

TIA

On Mon, 08 May 2006 07:17:33 -0700, Carter wrote:

> It has to be USB because I will be using this one adapter on different
> machines (laptops & desktops) and OSes (Mac, *NIX, Windows), obviously
> not at the same time, and the USB port is the only working and reliable
> port in all cases (Ethernet port on one machine is faulty).

After the onboard ethernet port died on my mini-itx box, I purchased a
Netgear FA120 USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet Adapter. It is supported in Linux -
all I added was the usb-net kernel module.

>
> So again, any recommendations on a USB Wireless G adapter that's
> compatibale with Linux, Mac OS X and WinXP???
>
> TIA

On Mon, 08 May 2006 16:02:45 +0200, Maurizio Loreti wrote:

>> But USB means that you don't need to dismantle your PC to plug in some
>> device...

> gee! you have a PC *without* a pcmcia slot? get a pcmcia wireless
> card (mine is a cisco) and be happy. modern pc's (centrino) have an
> integrated wireless chip on the motherboard.

There are some (older) laptops without PCMCIA slots. Since the OP said he
wanted to use it with several machines and OS's, USB is indeed the best
(only) choice.

By the way, "modern pc's" don't always use Centrino, either. Ever heard
of AMD?

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What about USB Wireless G Adapters? Which brands or chipsets will work
with all three OSes???

ray wrote:
>
> After the onboard ethernet port died on my mini-itx box, I purchased a
> Netgear FA120 USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet Adapter. It is supported in Linux -
> all I added was the usb-net kernel module.
>

The FA120 is not a wireless adaptor. It connects to a wired network (RJ45).