02-08-2007, 03:06 PM
Has your router got ethernet ports?
The cheap RF "network extender" gaming adapters extend an ethernet connection using a radio transmitter... plug one box into a router and the other box into your game system for roughly a 2Mb/s connection. I see them on Woot every once in awhile. 'Haven't tried one.
The more expensive ones are just 802.11 access points that have been relabeled for the gaming market.
If you want to connect a Mac to a wireless network without using a wireless card, an access point is usually the way to go, but for the price ( $40-90 dollars ) you might as well buy a second wireless router for the job (make sure that it can be used to extend a wireless network first) or pick up a used Airport card.
Alternatively, for $35 bucks plus shipping, you could get a USB wireless adapter from OWC that supposedly works with Macs. I don't know anyone who uses that adapter so I'd ask for opinions on it before buying it.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Asus/WL167G/
The cheap RF "network extender" gaming adapters extend an ethernet connection using a radio transmitter... plug one box into a router and the other box into your game system for roughly a 2Mb/s connection. I see them on Woot every once in awhile. 'Haven't tried one.
The more expensive ones are just 802.11 access points that have been relabeled for the gaming market.
If you want to connect a Mac to a wireless network without using a wireless card, an access point is usually the way to go, but for the price ( $40-90 dollars ) you might as well buy a second wireless router for the job (make sure that it can be used to extend a wireless network first) or pick up a used Airport card.
Alternatively, for $35 bucks plus shipping, you could get a USB wireless adapter from OWC that supposedly works with Macs. I don't know anyone who uses that adapter so I'd ask for opinions on it before buying it.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Asus/WL167G/