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[Stephen N. Carter]

Yes, and since OS X is Unix, and BSD unix at that, it would seem that more
of it could bleed over into Linux generally. Of course Mac has the wonderful
(and restrictive at the same time) of having only ONE set of hardware to
support and one carefully defined chipset. But I often take my iBook along
when working on pc's, since it's likely to connect seamlessly to whatever
WiFi is available, which lets me know that a problem with the PC connection
is due to the pc, whatever operating system it may be using, rather than
some failure of the WiFi source.
I haven't tried one of the Unix variations running on Mac to see if the
implementation of WiFi is easy there as well as with the Mac OS.
Anyone try that?
Steve
On 2/17/06 10:56 PM, "Michelle Klein-Hass" <msgeek at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> On Friday 17 February 2006 10:23 pm, Stephen N. Carter wrote:
>> Appropriate article on wireless networking in Linux, particularly MadWiFi,
>> on page 54 of the Feb. Linux Format. Expensive British publication, good to
>> read over coffee in your favorite Barnes and Noble or the like.
>> 
>> Reading the article makes a person want to go out and get a Mac....
> 
> I hate to say this, but the WiFi implementation in Mac OS X *is* smooth. I
> have a Clamshell iBook, one of the first ones, and it is a breeze to run on
> WiFi with it. That big antenna makes it able to pull in signals that confound
> a PCMCIA Orinoco wireless card. Yes, the AirPort actually *is* an Orinoco, of
> course, but even with those external Orinoco antennas (I have one with an
> Avaya logo on it) that solution doesn't match the power of the antenna that
> is coiled around the LCD screen in a Clamshell.
> 
> Modern iBooks and PowerBooks and the MacBookPro use an 802.11g solution that
> isn't very friendly to Linux. However, if you stick with Mac OS X it's super.
> Just make sure you don't leave home without your power adapter, because it
> sucks juice like there's no tomorrow.

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