Linksys Wireless Adapter is killing me

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Linksys Wireless Adapter is killing me

Okay, I have a WUSB54G V2 Linksys Wireless Adapter that I used to use for my PC, but I have a G4 Tower, running 10.4.11 that I want to hook it up to. I've been searching for about 2 hours for a driver for it and have come up with nothing. I have learned some stuff about the RT2500 driver by Ralink to possibly help with it, and I followed some tutorials for it as well. Nothing seems to work though. If you could possibly help me I'd be forever grateful. thanks!

G4 Tower, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 31, 2010 3:23 PM

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BDAqua

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Mar 31, 2010 3:43 PM in response to Joeicam

It's so hard to tell what chipset they actually use, but it does not appear to be the Ralink 2500, possibly the Ralink 2501 or (RT73 ?) chipsets..

http://ralink.rapla.net/

Linksys only has Windows Drivers...

http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WUSBF54G/download

Here's all the Ralink drivers for OSX...

http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=3

Other OSX USB/Wifi options...

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP802GU2/

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP802NU2COB/

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP802NU2C/

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Asus/WL167G/

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Joeicam Author

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Apr 1, 2010 12:37 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for those links! Now the Ralink program actually works. For some reason when i followed one of the tutorials it would not. I am still unable to find the right driver for it. It's really driving me crazy. All I want to do is get the internet working on my Mac.

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BDAqua

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Apr 1, 2010 1:10 PM in response to Joeicam

Does System Profiler>Network report anything for like en2 ?

Does it use Ralink drivers on the PC Does the PC report the chipset type?

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Bjkll77

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Apr 14, 2010 4:19 PM in response to Joeicam

the rt2500 drivers will only work on a version 4 linksys adapter.I know this after two weeks of wresteling my mac mini to the floor every day till it finally worked.
unlike windows it's a drawn out process,but i didn't have usb 2.0 on my xp machine,only on my mac ,which has been sitting in a closet since i bought it years ago.

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