On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:14 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: > == 1 of 1 == > Date: Mon, Jun 8 2009 1:03 pm > From: [email protected] > > > I have the older Airport Express Base station (802.1b) I am thinking > of buying a dual band Airport Extreme Base Station. It transmit on > the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz frequency bands. I have been unable to find any > info on whether an Airport or Airport Extreme wireless card can > operate on the 5Ghz frequency band. I know they can operate on the > 2.4Ghz frequency band. If they can't operate on the 5Ghz frequency > band, then it makes little sense to get the dual band Airport > Extreme Base Station and I should get the regular Airport Extreme > Base Station or Airport Express Base Station, which both can run at > 802.1n. Any thoughts or answers?
Look here for a start: http://www.macworld.com/article/140685/2009/05/wifi_spectrumbands.html And look at the Apple technical specs for both the old and new base stations. Channels 1 to 11 are in the 2.4GHz band. Channels 36 to 48 are in the 5GHz band. Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
