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Old 04-01-2007   #39 (permalink)
smilespray
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Why don't we (Mac users) just buy a good usb stick and not that piece of shit ZyDas crap. Would make life soooo much easier.
Amen!

However, there are a lot of people who have old Macs repurposed as servers that can't take Apple's own (discontinued) AirPort 802.11b cards (or one can't afford the second-hand market ones), and in several markets you can't get other brands of USB sticks with proper drivers.

The ZyDAS-based sticks make sense as long as you can't get anything else and have have a machine that doesn't need to restart frequently - or sleep.

Mine finally worked great today with the latest drivers, and that was with TKIP/WPA encryption.

EDIT: Yes, I am aware of mail order and the availability of other drivers but they are usually just as finicky. Besides I got a ZyDAS-based stick as part of a router bundle.

Last edited by smilespray : 04-02-2007 at 07:55 PM.
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