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suggestion for wifi add-on to Mac Pro 2008 3.1?
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Hi All,
My ancient Mac Pro 2008 (3.1) needs wifi (no internal card). The router is 3 floors away, so I'd like to get something with external antennae.
I've found this PCI card:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
and this USB 3 dongle (I've installed a USB 3 PCI card):
ESYNiC 11AC 5G Dual Band Wireless AC1200M USB 3.0: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
Can anyone comment on their suitability, and perhaps point me to an ideal solution that I haven't found yet?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Chas
ps. I've been forced to visit the forums via another machine, and each has only 3 or less threads in it? It's been years and years since I logged in via any other machine than my Mac Pro, is there some setting I need to turn on to see all the threads again? (a quick look through hasn't found anything)
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Well, the Asus card doesn't seem to have a Mac driver, from what I can tell, so probably the other one?
If you only see a few threads, it is probably the thread cutoff date that is set to too recent. On any forum page that isn't a single thread, scroll down to the bottom and you will find the segment called "Display Options". There you can set how many threads to show.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Sorry, I missed this reply.
I actually ended up drilling through a few walls and a floor to run some cat5 cable to the router. Much faster, though faff to set up!
Thanks for the forum info. I was confused because I didn't make any changes myself.
Cheers!
Chas
Originally Posted by P 
Well, the Asus card doesn't seem to have a Mac driver, from what I can tell, so probably the other one?
If you only see a few threads, it is probably the thread cutoff date that is set to too recent. On any forum page that isn't a single thread, scroll down to the bottom and you will find the segment called "Display Options". There you can set how many threads to show.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I really appreciate it.
I actually ended up doing some drilling to run a cat5 cable to the router. Quite a bit of work, but a cable is of course going to offer a better connection than just about any wifi solution.
Cheers!
Chas
Originally Posted by osiris
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