Mac OS/X does support the airport card and the
corrwesponding base station.
because OS/X is not much different from unix, Id
presume in the worst case that you will have to port
the driver for the airport card.
there is already 802.11 support in netbsd (if Im
correct).
regards
-kamal

--- "Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> I am once again considering upgrading to DSL (or
> maybe Cable Modem). 
> Because it's hard to run cables from the old part of
> the house (where 
> the utilities come in) to the new part (where the
> computers are) I'm 
> thinking of getting a box that ties directly between
> the DSL/Cable 
> and 802.11.
> 
> Presuming I'm not dreaming about such boxes does
> anyone have any 
> recommendations?  Any that use NetBSD in their guts?
>  Any that are 
> better than others?  Have better security?  Uses
> less power?
> 
> For the other computers I want to support: 1) a
> TiBook with OSX 
> (presume no problem, but does macppc support the
> Airport if I boot it 
> into NetBSD yet?), 2) a 7500 in NetBSD (and maybe
> OSX or Darwin), 3) 
> an 8500 in MacOS 9.1, and 4) a P133 in NetBSD.  I'm
> flexible about 
> NetBSD versions.  Is there a single PCI card that
> works in all those 
> environments?
> -- 
> The opinions expressed in this message are mine,
> not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US
> Government.
> Henry.B.Hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu


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