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louh
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Dec 6, 2006, 12:04 PM
 
Is it possible to put an Airport Card into an older Mac? I have a 1GHz dual mirrored door drive Power Mac G4. If possible, can you recommend a model number for this card? I have an Airport Extreme Base Station that is connected to a MacBook Pro. Will the wireless Airport Card that I potentially put in the G4 slow down the Airport Extreme to the original Airport speed? I vaguely rember reading something a while ago about the older Airport Card slowing down the entire system using Airport Extreme.
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Dec 6, 2006, 08:18 PM
 
The original AirPort card is what your computer is built for. Finding one can be a challenge, but eBay and Craig's List are your friends.

An AirPort Extreme Base Station is compatible with both 802.11g (Extreme) and 802.11b (Original) systems. You should not notice a slowdown because an 802.11b client joins your network. The buzz about older cards slowing networks was 90% buzz and 10% "some base stations" rather than a real, widespread issue.

Good luck in finding that card!
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louh  (op)
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Dec 7, 2006, 05:48 AM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
The original AirPort card is what your computer is built for. Finding one can be a challenge, but eBay and Craig's List are your friends.

An AirPort Extreme Base Station is compatible with both 802.11g (Extreme) and 802.11b (Original) systems. You should not notice a slowdown because an 802.11b client joins your network. The buzz about older cards slowing networks was 90% buzz and 10% "some base stations" rather than a real, widespread issue.

Good luck in finding that card!
That's what I was worried about. Where do I look? eBay? smalldog? Newegg? and what exactly am I looking for? Do I need a model number? I'm pretty clueless on how to go about getting this.
     
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Dec 7, 2006, 10:51 AM
 
Originally Posted by louh View Post
That's what I was worried about. Where do I look? eBay? smalldog? Newegg? and what exactly am I looking for? Do I need a model number? I'm pretty clueless on how to go about getting this.
I missed the first sentence in ghporter's answer - hence I'm asking questions on what was already answered. Sorry and thanks for the help.
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