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Ethernet to USB Adapter?
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Hello. Here is my situation, I have an ibook G4, running Mac OSX 10.4. My ethernet port has broken, basically, the wires inside are broken. So, i need to connect to the internet via Ethernet, and ill need something, like an Ethernet to USB Adapter, is there anything I can use?
There are a heap of cheap ones online ive found, $20ish, but ive been told by the people selling them they dont work on a Mac. That said, they dont need drivers, might they still work on a mac? The people selling them would have just read from the packet, i imagine, rather than trying them out.
If not that, what else could I do/buy?
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by death_by_hamster
Hello. Here is my situation, I have an ibook G4, running Mac OSX 10.4. My ethernet port has broken, basically, the wires inside are broken. So, i need to connect to the internet via Ethernet, and ill need something, like an Ethernet to USB Adapter, is there anything I can use?
There are a heap of cheap ones online ive found, $20ish, but ive been told by the people selling them they dont work on a Mac. That said, they dont need drivers, might they still work on a mac? The people selling them would have just read from the packet, i imagine, rather than trying them out.
If not that, what else could I do/buy?
Thanks.
You always need drivers. Sometimes generic drivers work for simple devices, (Mice, keyboards) but when it comes to something as complicated as a wi-fi adapter you can doubt that it will work. If it says windows, and doesn't say Mac, it almost definitely won't work. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/..._id=mwbfroogle
Shop.com says that you can download the driver. Big deal, if you have no internet connection, but just find a computer, download and burn it. MacMall doesn't seem to mention compatiblity, but considering that it is MacMall, I'd bet that it will work.
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i believe he's wanting to buy a USB to (wired) ethernet adapter...
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2005
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Should this not be in networking? I thought that was why it got locked in peripherals...
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Originally Posted by hookem2oo7
i believe he's wanting to buy a USB to (wired) ethernet adapter...
Oh poo, I misread.
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