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April 20, 2006 - 7:21pm
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USR5422

Hello there. Im new to this Forum but am wandering, I have a "Blueberry" G3 350MHz Imac running MacOsX 10.3 - but have a USB US Robotics USB Wifi Stick "aka, USR5422" I have done a Extensive Google Search but found Nothing for drivers to run ths thing. It is not like i can run a Network Cable because it is about 25m away from my router - And i have wireless. Could somebody Please help me Blum 3

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Michael

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April 20, 2006 - 8:30pm
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chipset?

See if you can discover the chipset inside.

After some research on the web, I came to realize there are two basic catagories of USB-To-Ethernet adaptors:

1. USB 1.1 devices that use a Pegasus driver.
2. USB 2.0 devices that use a AX8817x driver
(or its successor, the AX88772 which appeared around Aug-2005).

If it's one of those you can get the driver at this page

dan k

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April 20, 2006 - 8:53pm
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The chipset has a Heatsink Soldered onto it

The chipset has a Heatsink Soldered onto it - And i dont have the real guts of desoldering it - In risk of frying any components. But none of those drivers seem to work. Under Networks in Prefrences there is no "wireless" and when i go down to add - There is 6 to 4 and Built In Ethernet.

Thanks anyway.
-Michael

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April 20, 2006 - 9:05pm
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Re: The chipset has a Heatsink Soldered onto it

The chipset has a Heatsink Soldered onto it - And i dont have the real guts of desoldering it - In risk of frying any components. But none of those drivers seem to work. Under Networks in Prefrences there is no "wireless" and when i go down to add - There is 6 to 4 and Built In Ethernet.

Thanks anyway.
-Michael

http://www.arcadyan.com/Products/Data_Networking.htm - according to that the chipset is a WN4501G 1 (Conexant Cohiba)

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April 20, 2006 - 9:14pm
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PRISM54 chipset (I think)

googling USR5422 chipset produced a number of references, a cursory scroll through a couple of them leads me to believe your adapter has a Conexant PRISM54 chipset. You'll have to take it from here as I have no idea where to find a MacOS PRISM54 driver.

Edit: I could be wrong, I see the post right before mine suggests it's a Cohiba chipset . . . :?

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