I seem to remember that one G device will drop the whole network to G, unless you have a fancy expensive dual-antenna wireless router, which can offer both 2.4 Ghz (a, b, and g) speeds and 5 Ghz (n) speeds.
That being said, I'd advise Jeff to first check that the power on his Airport is at its highest setting (on mine I had to manually move it up from 3, the stock position, to 10). If that doesn't reach, then try the Airport express (and see some of the other posts for potential problems with that). In theory it will work, it just depends on the range of the wireless network. Your mom should be able to connect via Ethernet to the Express and not drop the network to G so long as she is not wirelessly connected as well (i.e. turn the Powerbook's airport off). On Sep 22, 9:04 am, dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use a Linksys WRE54G wireless range extender which practically > doubles the effective range of my wireless router. Just plug it in, > push the "auto configure" button, and it works. I don't know if there > is an "N" version yet???? It's my understanding that any one "G" > device on a network will drop the whole network speed to G. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
