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Post by aquamac on Jan 31, 2007 21:56:01 GMT
Does anyone know which chips that Apple have used inside mac books and Mac Pro's that can be enabled to the new standard. Or perhaps their Device id's?
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Post by reddrag0n on Feb 1, 2007 3:07:53 GMT
According to xlr8yourmac.com Info on Wireless Chipset used in Mac Pro, MacBook Core2 Duo - Although Apple system profiler won't list the vendor name, those running Windows XP on a new Mac can see what chipset is used for the wireless 802.11n compatible adapter. I asked some readers that had wrote about the 802.11n enabler if they could check to see what wireless chipset was used in the new Macs. Adam (he reported on the Enabler earlier today) replied: I also wondered if the current 'draft' nature of 802.11n could be a factor in the problems/poor performance with N base/routers but hopefully once the spec is final, updates (driver and/or base firmware) can address any changes/problems. I was curious if the Enabler was just a software driver, or if the wireless adapters in the new macs were able to be firmware updated. The search is on for a 3rd party compatible 802.11n adapter (PCI/PCcard/USB, etc.) so that those of us without the latest model Macs could take advantage of 802.11n. (New base/routers and AppleTV for instance, although AppleTV can still stream from a 802.11g system, 802.11n claims to have much better range and better performance, but as usual, YMMV.) The Enabler installer may have a system/ID check but there's been ways around that kind of thing in the past (pkg mods/removing checks, copying drivers already installed, etc.), although there's been no reports on that with the Enabler so far. BTW - I remembered back in 2004 Orangeware had Atheros chipset drivers for OS X (found that old post in the FAQ's networking section still...) - they were for 802.11g adapters IIRC but their Wireless Driver for Mac page is still online (including a list of compatible cards, but I think they're still 802.11G drivers - I'd rather have one of the natively supported 802.11g cards than one that depends on 3rd party drivers). But I wrote them today to ask if they have any plans for Atheros 802.11n adapter drivers for OS X.
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Post by aquamac on Feb 1, 2007 6:23:07 GMT
Thanks for that, I will have to try & find out what chip my Linksys WMP 300n card has. my card works natively with 54g.
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