D-Link DWL-G122 USB WiFi Success
Hi,
For those of you looking for an AirPort alternative in the form of a USB wireless adapter, I would like to report success using the DWL-G122 from D-Link. My computer is an iBook 900MHz G3 running 10.4.3 with all the latest software updates. The exact model of the adapter is Hardware Version B1 and Firmware version 2.03 purchased at Future Shop in Canada. The steps to get it working were simple and as follows...
1) Download and install the Ralink driver from here...
http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm
where you need to look down the page for the Macintosh section. I used the 11g-RT2500 v1.2 driver for OS 10.4x. This will give you an application called Wireless Utility USB.
2) Plug the adapter into an open USB port. Since my wireless setup is 11b the fact that these older machines have USB1.1 is irrelevant. Don't expect to get g speeds through the USB1.1 port. When you plug the adapter in the wireless utility should open and allow you to create a profile where you can specify your SSID, security settings, etc.
3) Open the Network area of the System Preferences and you should see a new ethernet device. Mine showed up as en2. Once I applied the changes there I could see an IP address had been assigned and I was up and running.
That's all I had to do and I am typing this post while connected this way. Good luck.
Chris
Mac mini, iBook Mac OS X (10.4.3)
For those of you looking for an AirPort alternative in the form of a USB wireless adapter, I would like to report success using the DWL-G122 from D-Link. My computer is an iBook 900MHz G3 running 10.4.3 with all the latest software updates. The exact model of the adapter is Hardware Version B1 and Firmware version 2.03 purchased at Future Shop in Canada. The steps to get it working were simple and as follows...
1) Download and install the Ralink driver from here...
http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm
where you need to look down the page for the Macintosh section. I used the 11g-RT2500 v1.2 driver for OS 10.4x. This will give you an application called Wireless Utility USB.
2) Plug the adapter into an open USB port. Since my wireless setup is 11b the fact that these older machines have USB1.1 is irrelevant. Don't expect to get g speeds through the USB1.1 port. When you plug the adapter in the wireless utility should open and allow you to create a profile where you can specify your SSID, security settings, etc.
3) Open the Network area of the System Preferences and you should see a new ethernet device. Mine showed up as en2. Once I applied the changes there I could see an IP address had been assigned and I was up and running.
That's all I had to do and I am typing this post while connected this way. Good luck.
Chris
Mac mini, iBook Mac OS X (10.4.3)
