On Jun 26, 2004, at 1:52 PM, Nora J. Probasco asked: > I would still like to connect my G3 Ibook using the 802.11g technology > vs > buying an Airport Card only using the "b" technlogy. Any suggestions? > Could > a Linksys card be used on the G3 Ibook?
Apple doesn't make an internal Airport Extreme card for the older Airport compatible machines because the slot circuitry is not fast enough to handle more than 11 Mb/s. There are external devices to do it with Ethernet (assuming you have 100 Mb/s Ethernet on the iBook), but you would have to fuss to get them working, and they'd be clumsy for use with an iBook. For most people, the "b" protocol has more than enough bandwidth. It's at least thrice the fastest speed you'll get out of a cable broadband connection, so it causes no bottleneck with e-mail or the Web. Unless you're routinely moving huge files between machines in your house, there's little need for more bandwidth. I do routinely move huge files around, and, when I do, I just plug the PowerBook into the Ethernet to take advantage of the 100 Mb/s wired speed because that's twice as fast as "g". -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2373 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040626/b424592b/attachment.bin
