01-21-2008, 11:54 AM

Are there any that a store like best Buy sells that are compatible with a Mac/Macbook? I need to pick up a signal in another room, and the only way would be to run a long USB cord attached to a wireless adapter...but it seems like none of the bigger brands sell Mac-compatible versions. If anyone knows of a compatible adapter, please post about it!
Thanks!

01-21-2008, 01:01 PM

belkin makes one that sometimes works. it's a pain in the neck to configure and you have to reconfigure it every time you reboot, but it "works". I found one later on ebay, an off brand, that is treated like an airport and works much better.

01-21-2008, 01:06 PM

could you tell me which that is?

01-21-2008, 01:08 PM

Quick question. What happened to the built in wireless adapter in your Macbook?

01-21-2008, 01:14 PM

It doesn't pick up the signal in the room I'm living in well enough. I want to run a long USB cable with the adapter into the living room, closer to the hallway where the campus base station is.

01-21-2008, 01:15 PM

Belkin F5d9050

is the Belkin One i got at bestbuy

01-21-2008, 01:26 PM

Which Macbook do you have? If you have a Core2Duo model, then you'd be better off upgrading your router to an 802.11n model, which would triple the range of your current router.

Now if you have one of the CoreDuo models, then I wouldn't suggest you getting a USB adapter as you really won't see much of a benefit (the Macbook's wireless card is pretty good). In this case, you should look into getting a range booster for your router.

01-21-2008, 01:32 PM

truoc, which one did you buy online? And Kash, appreciate the tips, but the whole point here is that I'm on a college campus...not using my own router/network. I'm trying to pick up a signal through cinder block walls in on-campus housing. The built-in is fine for web browsing and some mild downloads, but I know that if I can get the signal from the room next to mine I'd have a much better signal.

01-21-2008, 01:36 PM

I don't remember exactly. I just went on ebay and searched for mac wireless usb or something like that and looked for one that was airport compatible.

01-21-2008, 01:44 PM

Ahh, looks like I skipped over the part about a campus base station. Sorry about that

I did some searching around and found models by Belkin (linked above) and Hawking. I saw that D-Link released something, but it was a while ago and don't think it's made anymore.