On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:44 PM, tedg wrote: > Regarding my resurrected Pismo. > > I am finding the speed of the airport card is good enough for my use, > but many wifi spots do not seem to support what I assume to be 802.11b > any more. Am I right about this? >
If the spots require keys, they're generally using WPA keys instead of WEP keys. The original Airport will work with both kinds of keys, but it depends on what OS you're running. If you're running anything 10.2 and below (OS 9, for example), then you won't be able to connect to anything that requires a WPA key. You should be able to connect to any open hotspot that doesn't require a key. There are some wifi spots that will set up their wireless routers/points to only allow x.11g and n, but I find that these are pretty rare. > How clunky are airport “extreme” PC cards? They stick out a bit from the PCMCIA slot, but if you get the right card, OS X 10.3 and above will recognize it as an Airport Extreme card. 10.2 will recognize it as an original Airport card. Look for anything that runs on the Broadcom chipset. Read Simon Royal's article at http://lowendmac.com/ed/royal/08sr/powerbook-wifi-pc-cards.html for more information. Brian -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
