iMac, external WiFi antenna question from an iNewbie.

[BarbaRosa]

I'm very new to the Mac world, so in all reality I have a ton of questions.

I'm most interested in this, if anyone can answer. With his permission, my high speed connection is borrowed from my neighbors (and guitar player) wifi. I purchased a G-Sky GS-27 USB WiFi adapter, an external antenna, which works pretty well with my Acer/Vista machine.

Unfortunately the instructions do not include Mac instructions, although the specifications say it is Mac compatible. When I look at the driver disk under mac drivers, there are two drivers, and I'm not sure which one to use.

I have an iMac with OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard.

Any knowledge or ideas?

thanks...

[MagickMuffin]

1. Check out this site

It is one of the best forums for Mac related stuff. You have to join to post a question, but it's well worth it. So, maybe someone there will be able to answer your question, as I don't have an answer to for you.

http://forums.macrumors.com/


Good Luck :hi:

[alfredo]

3. macnn.com can come in handy too.

[alfredo]

2. Tried a google search. I don't know enough to discern

what is relevant and what is not.

[cbayer]

4. Do you have airport built in? If so, why are you not using that?

[Atman]

5. I thought all iMacs had airport built in

Which does beg the question; why not use it? Works beautifully for me (I especially the Airport Extreme that let's me control iTunes and my whole-house stereo system from anywhere in the house using my iPod touch).

[BarbaRosa]

7. Distance

My friend's house is to far away for AirPort to pick up. Same with my PC, that's why I got the external antenna.

[Touchdown]

6. My recent experience in upgrading my network...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=233x8435

My opinion. Buy an Airport Extreme. The expense is more than worth it.