[G4] Airport

[Jim Pacyga]

Be sure you know what kind of airport card the eMac takes.  The G4 iBook will take the Airport Extreme card.  If both take the Airport Extreme card, you will want to get an Airport Extreme basestation.  If both machines work with the Extreme, then networking between them will work at a max speed of 54Mbps depending on where they are at and what is between them.

The basestation comes in two flavors (with modem & antenna port and without).  If you use DSL or cable modem (ie., you do not use a modem to dial up over your phone line to an ISP), then you can opt for the "without" version which is $199.  

If you feel comfortable with Ebay, you can sometimes get the cards about $10-20 cheaper than a store.  If you don't, then the cards run about $90.


jim

-----Original Message-----
From: "Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)" <Wayne.Wilkin at Staples.com>
Sent: Apr 26, 2004 7:46 AM
To: Power Macintosh G4 List <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Subject: Re: [G4] Airport

She needs the basestations, and an airport card for each computer. The
software should already be on the computers.

> ----------
> From: 	rich northouse
> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Sent: 	Monday, April 26, 2004 10:37 AM
> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: 	[G4] Airport
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I need some help.  I have a friend who has a new i-Book (G4).  She is 
> interested in networking this machine with a one year old e-Mac. Both 
> machines are running Panther.
> 
> What does she need to do to run airport for the network?
> 
> Is Airport already activated on the machines, or do we need to load 
> airport off the OS disk?
> 
> Is there additional hardware required?  If yes, what do you folks 
> recommend? And then where is a good place to purchase?  And what is the 
> investment?
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> 
> rich
> 
> 
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