Re: Airport for imacDV
The Airport adapters go for around $40+ a little pricey for such simple circuitry, it's the Airport cards themselves that are the real costly item although the iMac adapters are rarer. Regards Christian On 18/02/2006, at 10:45 PM, Greg Sharp wrote: With an iMacDV I'm pretty sure that apart from the Airport Card you will also need the Airport Adaptor Card required for this model that the Airport card fits into. Hopefully someone local can help (I'm in Sydney) but if not I saw both these items for sale on eBay today (can't remember when the auction ends) that may be worth checking out. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org On 19/2/06 12:20 AM, Peter Martinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, My (90) year old mother has an iMacDV in her retirement residence which is now offering broadband via a wireless network. I can connect to their network with my 17 Powerbook ( security is suspect). It's a setup where they wireless to an aerial on your roof then who knows what. I an seeking a retailer who sells wireless card and adapters to suit the iMacDV. Google searches give so many wireless extreme that they (old cards ) are hard to find. Does anyone know of any suppliers locally? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Airport for imacDV
hi peter while i understand you are after an airport card, another option is to go with the airport express. it plugs into the ethernet port to provide wireless access. the price may end up very similar, judging by ebay listings of the original airport cards .. plus it saves you the hassle and has a warranty. cheers daniel. On 18/02/2006, at 9:20 PM, Peter Martinson wrote: Hi everyone, My (90) year old mother has an iMacDV in her retirement residence which is now offering broadband via a wireless network. I can connect to their network with my 17 Powerbook ( security is suspect). It's a setup where they wireless to an aerial on your roof then who knows what. I an seeking a retailer who sells wireless card and adapters to suit the iMacDV. Google searches give so many wireless extreme that they (old cards ) are hard to find. Does anyone know of any suppliers locally? Thanks in advance. pmarty -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Airport for imacDV
On 19/2/06 11:25 AM, Daniel Kam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while i understand you are after an airport card, another option is to go with the airport express. it plugs into the ethernet port to provide wireless access. the price may end up very similar, judging by ebay listings of the original airport cards ... plus it saves you the hassle and has a warranty. What a brilliantly simple solution. I can't believe I've never considered this as an option. Another added benefit is that instead of getting 11MB/sec like with the original Airport cards you would have 54MB/sec. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org
Re: Airport for imacDV
Don't do this. The Airport Express disables its LAN port if it is setup to be a client on a wireless network. The only way an Ethernet port will work connecting to a wireless network is if you use WDS and set it to be a relay/remote base station. And I don't think that network is going to support WDS as its kinda an Apple extension to 802.11g. It took me ages to figure out why I couldn't bridge with one. I turned my two Airport Expresses into a giant WDS network and it finally connected the ethernet port. Mal On 19/02/2006, at 9:06 AM, Greg Sharp wrote: On 19/2/06 11:25 AM, Daniel Kam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while i understand you are after an airport card, another option is to go with the airport express. it plugs into the ethernet port to provide wireless access. the price may end up very similar, judging by ebay listings of the original airport cards ... plus it saves you the hassle and has a warranty. What a brilliantly simple solution. I can't believe I've never considered this as an option. Another added benefit is that instead of getting 11MB/sec like with the original Airport cards you would have 54MB/sec. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Airport for imacDV
Hi everyone, My (90) year old mother has an iMacDV in her retirement residence which is now offering broadband via a wireless network. I can connect to their network with my 17 Powerbook ( security is suspect). It's a setup where they wireless to an aerial on your roof then who knows what. I an seeking a retailer who sells wireless card and adapters to suit the iMacDV. Google searches give so many wireless extreme that they (old cards ) are hard to find. Does anyone know of any suppliers locally? Thanks in advance. pmarty
Re: Airport for imacDV
With an iMacDV I'm pretty sure that apart from the Airport Card you will also need the Airport Adaptor Card required for this model that the Airport card fits into. Hopefully someone local can help (I'm in Sydney) but if not I saw both these items for sale on eBay today (can't remember when the auction ends) that may be worth checking out. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org On 19/2/06 12:20 AM, Peter Martinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, My (90) year old mother has an iMacDV in her retirement residence which is now offering broadband via a wireless network. I can connect to their network with my 17 Powerbook ( security is suspect). It's a setup where they wireless to an aerial on your roof then who knows what. I an seeking a retailer who sells wireless card and adapters to suit the iMacDV. Google searches give so many wireless extreme that they (old cards ) are hard to find. Does anyone know of any suppliers locally?
