I'm having trouble connecting to an 802.11a access point with my AirPort Extreme card in my MBP. Has anyone else had success? I'm pretty sure the radio is on and working on the n…

802.11A is a very different thing from B and G; it operates on a completely different frequency band and with different wireless protocols. I don't think there's an AirPort-brande…

Yes, it's a 5GHz spectrum-technology, although the MBP does support 802.11a. It's the first Mac to support it as I understand.

Here's a quote from the manual: "How AirPort Provides Wireless Internet Access With AirPort Extreme technology, your MacBook Pro makes a wireless connection to an AirPort Express…

I hopt that's not a typo in the manual, but I can't help you on this because it's the first I've heard of an AirPort card supporting -A connectivity.

Ok, thanks. Maybe someone else will have more information. Later in the manual they talk about it being an a/b/g MiniPCIe card too. Speculation is that it was easy to get this f…

I think Intel makes that card too; I've seen other Intel bundled a/b/g mini-PCI cards, so a mini-PCIe card would just need a different bus interface and they'd be done.

I read in an article yesterday (tried to find the link but could not) that there is some question as to whether or not the .a talk is an accident or if it might work. Apparently n…

Yeah, I bought two access points to try to get out of the busy 2GHz spectrum and allow this machine to be in full-speed mode while the B has similar channels running. I hope we ca…

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Intel includes their 3945ABG miniPCI card in the Centrino Duo bundle (Core Duo + 945PM + 3945ABG). Example from their price list: T2500 (2M L2 cache 2 GHz 667 MHz FSB) w/ Intel 945…

Just thought I'd share my experience as I thought it was pretty cool. My network setup before was [Cable Modem] -> [Wired Router] -> [Wireless Router] -> [Airport Express…

The "how" is simple; by changing to only using the wired router's DHCP server, you went from having about three different networks (separated by their own DHCP address ranges) to h…

I've always just used the Preview app to view PDFs. What do you guys usually use? Is it worth downloading the official viewer from Adobe? If I do, will double-clicking on a .pdf c…

I use Preview or the Shubert PDF Plugin for inlne PDFs in my browser. Double clicking the pdf will open in the default viewer for pdfs which can be changed at any time by changing…

Thanks mindwaves! ;-)

I have an old osx box that records video of motion in the driveway. The hard drive will fill up, and the app(evocam) will stop recording. Is there some app that can email me when…

It's been a while since I tried it, but doesn't Evocam have a setting that does this automatically? Otherwise maybe an applescript that temporarily checks free space on the drive a…

Thanks for the reply. Quote: Originally Posted by The Milkman It's been a while since I tried it, but doesn't Evocam have a setting that does this automatically? If it do…

Right last week after backing up and doing a fresh install of tiger i was copying over my files off of an external FW drive everything was fine, until it came to my itunes and ipho…

As far as I recall error -36 is disk error (i.e. probably a hardware fault)...

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this issue, here is the situation. I have a security system ( cams ) but they can only be seen in explorer for windows, I have a new MacBook Pr…

i believe there are two realistic options for you.... 1) you can try a search on google on how to bypass parts of the new intel-based macs/notebooks so as to install Windows XP..…

Are you talking about CAMS as in the Core Automated Maintenance System? Sorry, you're out of luck. The only way they could get the database back end to do what people wanted was …

Your best and simplest method at the moment is to run QEMU the latest unstable build (the download on the RIGHT of the linked page) now lets you install XP. All you need is a XP in…