Re: Airport SuperduperExtreme

[Tim Collier]

We just went wireless.  2 of our Macs were able to just add the Airport 
Extreme cards ($79 from the Apple Store/CompUSA).  The only problem 
child was the dual 1 gig G4 (Quicksilver) which could only use the 
original Airport Card.  When I went looking for these, I saw them 
selling for some really outrageous prices.  First, I put a Motorola 
wireless PCI card in it and it worked fine but it didn't suite my Mac 
oriented 'esthetics' so I finally ended up buying the original Airport 
card from an online store for $109.  When I installed it, it worked 
flawlessly and returned the PCI card to CompUSA.  But also in my 
search, I came across an Orinoco card that is 'supposed' to work but I 
don't have a lot of information on this, but here's the link: 
http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/goldpccard/index.html.  I 
have heard from a few people that this card works just like the 
original airport card if you remove a little antenna dongle that's 
attached to one end.  Anyway, this might help.
Oh, the 4th Mac?  It came with the airport extreme card installed.  I 
love my new iBook.  And, there's nothing like being able to use your 
computer ANYWHERE in the house!

Tim
On Dec 10, 2004, at 1:48 AM, Galen Tatsuo Komatsu wrote:
I've been toying with the thought of picking up an Airport card, even
though I really have nothing to network the iMac with.  But in the past
few weeks I've already toted the machine to two places where I could've
tapped into some wireless goodness, and could see such happening again
every now & then.
So I've been browsing eBay listings, and to save a few bucks (aside 
from
lowball bidding...even if I don't win, no big deal) I considered going 
for
the original over Extreme (I assume both plug into the G5 ok?)  But I
noticed the older cards go for about as much, if not *more* than 
Extreme
cards.

Is there something magical about them?  I recall reading some bit about
802.11g butting heads with some cordless phone frequencies, but given
Extreme supports 802.11b, there must be some other reason for the older
card's continued demand?

Exterminate all rational thought.
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