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OT - wireless network adapter for Mac Pro towerPosted by jwilliam
I'm doing some gizmo re-wiring, and it's looking like I'm moving my cable modem & wireless router to another room, away from my Mac Pro tower.
Is there an adapter I can plug in to the Mac Pro to pick up the internet signal from my wireless router? What's the best way to get a Mac Pro onto a wireless network? I'm hoping there's a reasonably easy way to do this, otherwise I'm going to have to run an ethernet cable zig-zagging through my house.
Actually... belay that last question -- just figured out that I can get another cable modem and keep my connection as it is.
The better question now is what is the best way to connect the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT video card to a client monitor & keep my two 23" cinema displays connected. The card only has 2 DVI outputs, so how do you connect an NTSC monitor?
Get an Apple AIRPORT card.
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Ah, but therein lies the rub... I don't have a deck around here all the time.
I'm guessing that my options are either: a) new video card, or b) some sort of firewire to RCA converter that I'm not aware of. What I'm trying to do here is get a video stream off my Mac Pro and connect it to RCA inputs. I'm trying to use a Slingbox to feed a video stream to a client at their location. In theory, it should work and quite possibly would be a very nifty solution. To make it work, though, I need to get my FCP sending video out of my Mac Pro to and RCA input connector.
Just for the record, I want to answer your original question, because I had to do exactly that a few weeks ago. Answer: Airport card (like Shane says). Complication: you can't buy one and install it yourself, you have to have it done by Apple. I went to the Genius Bar at an Apple store, they did it in 15 minutes, and it cost about $45, including install. Closest Apple store to me isn't all that close, so it was a bit of a drag, but if you're closer it's a snap. Recommend you make an appointment (online) and call to make sure they have a card in stock.
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