no doubt that too will be hideously out of date. If you're very lucky it's even got some Mac drivers on it.ĭon't even try to use them! They'll be hideously out of date.Īnd don't go to the Realtek website and download the driver that matches your chip number. If you're lucky, you'll get a driver CD bundled.
The bottom pane shows the device info, included the manufacturer name (look at the Vendor ID line). (You can verify this by going to System Information on your Mac, opening the Hardware>USB page, and selecting the device. They almost all seem to use a Realtek chipset. Some are super-cute little things that only just stick out of the USB port (how they have enough antenna showing to get a signal is anyone's guess).
There are many USB wifi adaptors on eBay that claim Mac compatibility. The airport card in my laptop died and I couldn't get it fixed before going away for a week.
