Re: last question re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-20 Thread Jason Brown
I have a question on this. Does anyone know of a good pci card that supports wireless N that is recognized as an airport extreme card to os x? If you know it, I would like the make, and model of the card. Thank you in advance. =) On Jun 20, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Jun

Re: last question re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-20 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 20, 2009, at 5:52 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > Someone mentioned "Broadcom chipset" and it using Airport as the > driver. Is > this true for any wireless adapter? As long as it has a Broadcom > chipset I > can just use Apple's Airport to connect to the base station? There's a script av

last question re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-20 Thread Arnel Tuazon
Someone mentioned "Broadcom chipset" and it using Airport as the driver. Is this true for any wireless adapter? As long as it has a Broadcom chipset I can just use Apple's Airport to connect to the base station? Thanks again for all the help! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-20 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 20/06/09 12:21 AM, "iJohn" wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:11 PM, ah...clem 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). >> >> if all you are doing >> is connecting the base

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-20 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 19/06/09 10:11 PM, "ah...clem" 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 neglec

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-19 Thread iJohn
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:11 PM, ah...clem 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). > > if all you are doing > is connecting the base station to a DSL modem or a shared printer, and >

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-19 Thread ah...clem
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 conne

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-19 Thread PeterH
On Jun 19, 2009, at 3:21 PM, iJohn wrote: > I'm just curious what wireless > equipment is going for. I'm anticipating a 802.11g firesale ... but > then again it may have already happened and I just missed seeing it. I've been using $9.99 802.11b/g USB 2.0 wireless for nearly a decade. At least

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-19 Thread iJohn
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > On 19/06/09 10:01 AM, "Jason" wrote: >> >> Hello there. I just put an aftermarket pci wireless card into my sons dual G4 >> 450 powermac. It is very stable, no drivers were needed and he gets fast >> internet upstairs in his room. Hope this h

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-19 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 19/06/09 10:01 AM, "Jason" wrote: > > > Hello there. I just put an aftermarket pci wireless card into my sons dual G4 > 450 powermac. It is very stable, no drivers were needed and he gets fast > internet upstairs in his room. Hope this helps > Make? Model? --~--~-~--~~-

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-19 Thread Jason
irport card vs. PCI wireless card > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:58 AM > > > On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:04 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > > > Thanks for the detailed answer, but my question wasn't > really  > > dealing with

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread Al Poulin
On Jun 18, 7:47 pm, John Martz wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > How do I set this up with Apple Airport 802.11n router? Wouldn't this > > require the > > router to appears as two separate networks on different channels? > > Unfortunately, since I don't own one o

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread John Martz
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > You're saying I can have 802.11n clients using only the 5GHz band, and > simultaneously use 802.11b/g clients on the 2.4GHz band? That's my understanding of what it means when the specs for the AirPort Extreme (Early 2009) say it supports "2.

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:57 PM, John Martz wrote: > By having your n clients use the 5GHz band they'd avoid whatever > throughput reductions you'd get by mixing protocols. Using 5GHz also > side steps possible interference problems. You're saying I can have 802.11n clients using only the 5GHz b

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread John Martz
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > I am using the latest Airport Extreme base station. In that case if you are planning are including other (existing) 802.11b or g clients in your wireless network you might want to take the trouble to going with an 802.11n wireless adapter w

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > > Now does Airport Extreme (latest version) play nice with 3rd party > wireless > adapters (PCI or USB)? > Oh yeah, the base station doesn't care what brand adapter connects to it, all that matters is the signal. -- Bruce Johnson "Where

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 18/06/09 10:58 AM, "Bruce Johnson" wrote: > > > On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:04 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > >> Thanks for the detailed answer, but my question wasn't really >> dealing with >> the protocol. I apologize if it seemed confusing, but what I was >> really >> asking was the stability of

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:04 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > Thanks for the detailed answer, but my question wasn't really > dealing with > the protocol. I apologize if it seemed confusing, but what I was > really > asking was the stability of the TYPE of card being used i.e. Airport > vs. > PCI. T

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-18 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 17/06/09 10:40 PM, "John Martz" wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: >> Quick question: Which is better (more stable) an original Airport card >> (802.11b) or a PCI wireless card that is 802.11n ? > > IMO that's a question that can't really be answered as asked. I

Re: Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-17 Thread John Martz
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > Quick question: Which is better (more stable) an original Airport card > (802.11b) or a PCI wireless card that is 802.11n ? IMO that's a question that can't really be answered as asked. I don't believe the "stability" of a connection has much

Orig. Airport card vs. PCI wireless card

2009-06-17 Thread Arnel Tuazon
Hey folks Quick question: Which is better (more stable) an original Airport card (802.11b) or a PCI wireless card that is 802.11n ? I know the "n" is WAY faster, but I'm thinking of stability in terms of dropped connections, problems re-connecting, etc. The PCI card does have OSX drivers. I