I did find out that the Apple Airport Extreme wireless cards in recent Mac computers can run at both frequencies.
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Dark_Mac <darkwall...@fightfor.org> wrote: > From: Dark_Mac <darkwall...@fightfor.org> > Subject: Re: Apple airport cards frequency band(s) > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 10:32 PM > > Mike, > Mactracker is you friend. Based on it ( the > cards are listed in the device section under Wi-Fi > Cards/Base Stations) states that both of these devices run > on the 2.4 GHz bands. > Regards,Mike > On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Mike Baker > wrote: > Neither tells me whether the Apple > Airport Express or Apple Airport Extreme cards inside Mac > computers run on the 5Ghz frequency band. I know the cards run on the > 2.4Ghz frequency band and I am aware the latest base > stations can run at both frequency bands. It's the > cards in > Mac computers that I can't find out whether they run > at the 5Ghz frequency band. > > --- On Mon, 6/8/09, Al Poulin <alfred.pou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > From: Al Poulin <alfred.pou...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Apple airport cards frequency band(s) > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 9:05 PM > > > 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: psufa...@yahoo.com > > > 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
