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Is anyone using Cisco Aironet 350 with Tiger 10.4.x successfully? My built-in AirPort card is fading in and out (disappears after 10-min of use). Aironet 350's driver hasn't been updated since 2004, so I'm not sure it'd work in Tiger. Got no confirmation on the search engines.

[amazing]

Aironet 350 worked fine in Panther, but having sold that laptop, can't tell you about Tiger.

Why not consider a wireless pc-card with a Broadcom chip, one that's natively supported in Tiger? That's the best way to go.

[legionare]

Well, I want the 100mw of the 350. Newer Cisco cards have no Mac drivers. Besides, it's supported by Kismac, something that's not gonna happen with Broadcom-chipset cards. Trying to figure out the right card has Broadcom with the vendors switching chipset frequently is a royal pain.

[amazing]

I had a buffalo airstation wireless pc-card ($25 from Target once upon a time for the mac-compatible model) and the aironet 350 ($120 originally) at the same time. They both performed within a couple of points of each other, no measurable advantage to either. The buffalo card could accomodate my Lucent Range Extender Antenna, but it seemed not to make a difference at the moderate distances I have. It might make a difference at long distance. The Range Extender also plugged into my Buffalo basestation, but again, PCworld mag rated it's internal antennas tops at reception, so there was no statistical difference in reception at moderate distances.

I agree that finding out which chipset is inside any model at any particular time is difficult, which is why having a good return policy is important. If you can find the card locally at a big-box store, that's even better.