# Wireless USB Hub for the Mac

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-usb-hub-for-the-mac/564110>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 14, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-usb-hub-for-the-mac/564110 "2010-12-14T13:26:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morris\_Cody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Morris\_Cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morris_Cody)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-usb-hub-for-the-mac/564110/1 "2010-12-14T13:26:41Z")

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My Google-fu has failed me. Does anyone make a wireless USB hub that’s compatible with a Mac? I’d like to put my computer in a closet and still use some of my wired USB devices.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-usb-hub-for-the-mac/564110/2 "2010-12-14T14:33:17Z")

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I have very little experience with Macs, but I was under the impression that with anything made in the past few years, USB hardware is all pretty much interchangeable between PCs and Macs.

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**Author:** ![Morris\_Cody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Morris\_Cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morris_Cody)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-usb-hub-for-the-mac/564110/3 "2010-12-14T14:59:30Z")

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I thought the same thing, but the ones I’ve seen and tried all required software drivers, and those are only available for Windows.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-usb-hub-for-the-mac/564110/4 "2010-12-14T15:14:27Z")

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These guys say their’s works on a Mac: [WiRanger: Wireless USB 2.0 Hub](http://www.icron.com/products/usb_new/wireless-usb.php)  
Lousy website though. It supplies neither a date nor a price.  
[Looks like it runs $175](http://www.google.com/search?q=WiRanger&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=nJX&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivs&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&ei=H4kHTfzRFML_lgeTsuGKDg&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CC0QrQQwAg&biw=1158&bih=637)

At that cost, I’d probably go w [Airport extreme](http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/).  
Useful, if slightly dated, thread: [Truth about Wireless USB Hubs and Mac OS X](http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=104229)