Hi Why oh why once I have written a message do I suddenly find the answer. I just checked System Profiler and under the Airport Card section it lists the type of card that is in your machine.
So my friends Pismo which originally only supported Airport, now has a card in the side which runs and is detected by the Mac as an Airport Extreme and so technically will run at Airport Extreme speeds. Is there anyway to test this? I know surfing or downloading will be any different, but file transfers across the network should be different since both machines will have an 11g card in it. Simon --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich Mac User Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple Mac. On Nov 5 2008, Simon Royal wrote: Hi I know I have compiled a list of Mac compatible PCMCIA cards, but a small point has eluded me. http://www.simonroyal.co.uk/html/maccards.html The original Airport card is only 802.11b. Some of the cards that fit in the PCMCIA slots of PowerBooks and are recognised as Airport cards by the machine are 802.11g. So does these technically give you Airport Extreme in a Mac that originally had Airport. OSX works with both Airport and Airport Extreme. I ask this as a friend of mine has a PowerBook and a Buffalo AirStation WLI-CB-G54A which when popped in the side of his Mac shows up as Airport. This is technically a G card, but will the Mac pick it up as a G card or only work as a B card. Sorry for the rather messy message but I know what I am trying to ask but my brain isn't moving it to my fingers. Simon --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich Mac User Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple Mac. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
