WiFry + Macbook pro... circumventing the internal airport card?
Hi,
I'm trying to build an external WiFi parabolic antenna to extend the range of my MacBook pro (antenna as pictured here: http://www.instructables.com/id/EC0S9C3F0HPZCGN/)
Anyways, its a pretty simple construction, but I don't know how to get my laptp to use it. I need to figure out how to get my macbook pro to recognize and use a generic WiFi-G USB dongle as opposed to the internal airport card.
Is it possible that my USB dongle just isn't compatible with macs, and if so is there a specific usb wifi dongle you can recommend?
I would really love to get this working!
Thanks
Deepinside,
Are you trying to configure this with the dongle connected?
If a suitable driver is present, the dongle should be recognized when it is plugged in and powered. If it is not being recognized, you will need drivers.
My guess is that the only resident 802.11x drivers are those for the built-in interface, and any third-party devices must come with their own drivers. Also, some devices are more compatible than others; depends on the device and manufacturer.
I have been able to find one USB dongle listing on CompUSA that indicates that OS X drivers are available for download. It's not that OS X will not look for network connections via USB; it will. In fact, I use my mobile phone as a broadband modem via USB, and OS X doesn't care how the network connection is made (whether it's WiFi, WiMax, DUN, Ethernet, etc.). When I first configured my phone for use as a data modem, all I had to do was plug it in for it, and the network port, to be recognized.
It should be the same for you, provided you are using the right device, with the right drivers.
Scott
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This is one response I have recieved
.Ah… Mac OS X 10.6.x: and therein, lies the problem. Apple may have dropped explicit support for what is termed Internet Sharing with the release of Snow Leopard's first update, but it is not entirely clear if this is the case. Behind the scenes, there are mixed messages. Some AppleCare support and Apple Store employees have indicated that it is no longer explicitly supported, while others have insisted that it is. The question has been escalated to Engineering, but it may be weeks before there is an official answer or, if necessary, a fix. They've done things like this before—with Address Book interaction for dialing or SMS transmission with a mobile handset, for example, with the introduction of Mac OS X 10.5—and telephony features like that one I just described have never been reintroduced.
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check out [this|http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3797169] discussion. it is rather old but the facts remain unchanged.
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Problem description:
Following upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite 10.10.2 machine is slower & suffers from shut down / reboot and closing web pages due to unexpected error
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MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
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1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
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Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
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Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (134.68 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
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Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
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1% ConnectService
1% Skype
0% systemstatsd
0% launchd
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193 MB Skype
168 MB mds_stores
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107 MB Mail
99 MB ocspd
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455 MB Inactive RAM
825 MB Wired RAM
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Feb 4, 2015, 09:25:25 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-212525_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:20:16 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-212016_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:18:10 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-211810_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:12:54 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-211254_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 08:40:48 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-204048_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 08:22:04 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-202204_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 12:11:35 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-001135_[redacted].crash
Feb 3, 2015, 09:44:33 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-03-214433_[redacted].crash
Feb 3, 2015, 05:40:21 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/HP Scan_2015-02-03-174021_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Feb 3, 2015, 09:05:45 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-03-090545_[redacted].crash
Jan 28, 2015, 06:10:42 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-28-181042_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Jan 21, 2015, 10:51:25 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-21-225125_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Jan 20, 2015, 11:12:47 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-20-111247_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Jan 18, 2015, 09:57:31 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-18-095731_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
The only observations are that the backup drive is deemed too small and the quite long list of diagnostic reports dated between Jan 18, 2015 (which I believe is the day I upgraded to Yosemite) & today the latest Yosemite update was installed on Jan 28, 2015
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Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.20)
MAC Address: e0:f8:47:21:65:4e
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Dear Logic users, I have two questions:
1) I was wondering if the internal sound card of my MacBook is of such quality that I can achieve good results if I bought a good A/D converter with a digital output to plug directly into the optical line in of the MacBook? E.g. the Samson C-valve http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1651&brandID=2 along with the M-Audio Co2 http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/CO2-main.html to convert the coaxial S/PDIF to optical? (Same procedure for the line out signal, with a D/A converter of course.) Or is the internal sound card of such inferior quality that I should stick with my current MBox 2 Pro? My initial thought was that if the signal is kept within the digital realm, it is really the A/D converters that determine the sound quality, and that the internal sound card of my MacBook does little less than calculate the digital signal. Maybe someone with a more intimate knowledge of how the internal sound card works with digital I/O could chime in?
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The reason for this is to be free from the driver issues that sometimes occur with external hardware, especially with software/OS upgrades.If you are recording Midi using loops and all it wont make a difference in having a AD/ converter. as everything you are doing is in the box.
However if you want to get a Analogue signal into the computer then its a different case, and I'm not talking about using Optical from a keyboard, and even if i was you would need to have a converter anyway,
even though i am talking about Recording Vocals or Live instrument!
This is where the Converters come into play, be aware Converter and sound-cards are two different source of hardware,
anyway Back to Converters on live vocals this is where the AD comes into play,
transferring Analogue Signal into Digital,
and also getting used to the sound of the converts, or even liking the the sound of the converters/soundcard which is always going to be subjective and which also shares a relation with Near-field monitors,
you change your monitors and it seems as if your sound changes that is how tight the relation is between the two.
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Robertito wrote:
I just want to know how can I change my internal airport card from G to N and how much that cost ?
The description of your machine (2 ghz MacBook) can describe maybe three different generations of the original polycarbonate MacBook.
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it wont let me install itunes! i click run then install and it runs but at the end it always says error!
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Hi, all My phone ran out of battery a few hours ago. The battery got totally empty, I suppose, while I was making a phone call. I plugged it in immediately just to find the on/off button defunct. It is still plugged in and it has been (supposedly) ch