On 19/06/09 10:11 PM, "ah...clem" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > new to this topic. perhaps i missed it in the deluge of replies, but > it seems no one addressed the point of cost vs protocol (b or n). you > said in your original post that you'll be using it with an airport > extreme base station, but you neglected to say what other computers/ > peripherals are connected to the base station. if all you are doing > is connecting the base station to a DSL modem or a shared printer, and > to other computers which are basically independent clients of the DSL > and/or printer, then the older, cheaper, 802.11b card is already > faster than the DSL, and probably faster than the printer, so you > won't "see" any discernible difference in performance. on the other > hand, if you are multi-tasking jobs, parallel processing, or otherwise > transferring large amounts of data or huge files between computers > constantly, then the faster card (n designation) will seem like day > and night. The base station is connected to my DSL modem and my HP laserjet printer. I have one Macbook Pro and G3 iBook connected via Airport to the base station as well as a dual core G5 and an IBM PC with XP. I'm going to also connect my B&W via ethernet to act as a central backup system/print server (inkjet printer). The Airport card or 3rd party PCI card will be for my daughter's G4 that I just upgraded. I'll be using Tiger and Leopard among the Mac systems. The price itself is not a factor since either one will cost the same. I just wanted to know if people experienced problems using a PCI wireless card either with Airport drivers or 3rd party OS X drivers. Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
