Wireless Re: [iBook] "New" ibook, new to list

[Ken Walker]

Dude-
Move the two little pitons on the keyboard down,lift the keyboard up
(carefully)and voile! there is the spot for your airport-even I can do it
and I'll kill a computer just by thinking of looking in it's direction
later
ken

On 3/11/07, Eric Hall <jester_123 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Fred! No, there is no Airport card. I'm going to go ahead and
> experiment with one of the usb wireless networking dongles anyway. I'm
> afraid to take the iBook apart and put an Airport card in! I will report
> back with results, if any.
>
> I'm a HAM as well fred. (KC0RUR) Consider this email the "secret"
> handshake!
>
> Eric
>
> *Fred Stevens K2FRD <k2frd at mac.com>* wrote:
>
> At 9:43 AM -0700 11/3/07, Eric Hall wrote:
> >Hello List,
> >
> >Just got a 700Mhz model. It's a great little web surfer with Mozilla. I'd
> like to go wireless with it. I noticed they have some usb dongle type of
> wireless networking devices on the market. Any of them "just work" with the
> iBook and OS X 10.3.9? Thank you,
> >
> >Eric
>
> Eric, your iBook may already be wireless capable with an Airport card.
> Check under the Apple pulldown menu "About this Mac", then "More info"
> (takes you to System Profiler), then under Network, "AirPort Card". It'll
> let you know if one is already installed.
>
> If not, used AirPort cards for iBooks are available on eBay for about $60;
> new off eBay or from an online supplier, they're about $100 plus S&H. The
> antenna is built into the iBook's top IIRC. I wouldn't mess around with a
> dongle-type wireless system; too much to go wrong.
>
> Fred
>
> --
> 73 de Fred Stevens K2FRD, VO2FS
> http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/K2FRD.html
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