On 14/07/04 09:31, "Greg Gilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since my daughter has decided to continue her college education online, > we�re finally going to make the leap from 56K to broadband, and to obviate > running cables between the 4 Macs that are regularly used for internet > access throughout the house, we�ll make a simultaneous leap to wireless. I, > however, don�t know much about it and would be very grateful for your advice > about what we need to buy in order to bring the following machines up to > speed: > > 1) PowerBook G4/667MHz/OS 10.2. (I�m pretty sure this machine is �Airport > ready�, but the card is probably 802.11b, right? I�d probably want the newer > 802.11g technology on this one. Is it difficult and/or expensive to > upgrade?) > 2) iBook G3/700 MHz/OS 10.2. (This one doesn�t appear to be �Airport ready�, > but maybe I�m not looking in the right places. We�d want 802.11g for this > one as well.) > 3) PowerBook G3 (Lombard)/400 MHz/OS 9.2.2 (Definitely not �Airport ready�. > This machine is used primarily for email so an 802.11b card should be > sufficient, if it can be fitted with one. If so, would the 802.11b card from > the G4 PowerBook work here?) > 4) iMac/350 MHz/OS 9.2.2 (Definitely not �Airport ready�, but I guess this > would be the machine which would connected to the cable modem via Ethernet > anyway.) > > Sorry, two of these machines would be O.T. for this list, but they�ll all be > networked together. Comcast offers internet cable service in this area but I > need to make sure they�re compatible with Airport. > > Thanks for taking the time to consider our questions. > > Greg > Greg, For all the above Mac, you will need a 802.11g PCMCIA card. You won't be able to use an Apple AirPort Extreme card in those. However, the iBook and the iMac don't have a slot for a PCMCIA card, so you'll never be able to have 802.11g on those. The only option of the iBook is the regular Apple AirPort card. The next problem you might face is the lack of a driver for such a card. I don't know if there is any driver available either for 9 or X. That might be your biggest problem. -Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
