[G4] Airport Extreme

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

	I second what Eric states;  Airport Extreme is 802.11g, and regular Airport is 802.11b, and they are compatible with one another with one exception, in that you can not get 802.11g speed with any 802.11b device.  IOW, use the Airport Extreme-equipped system as the Base Station (and yes, as Eric states, you ought to be able to use it as such), and connect to it with the Airport-equipped system.

> Unlike what one poster suggests, you'll have to buy an Airport Extreme 
> for the new G4 and a regular Airport for the iBook. You can skip the 
> Airport Base Station. I believe Mac OS X and 9 both have an Airport 
> mode called "Software Base Station" that will let you use your G4 as a 
> base station. If anyone out there has experience with this function, 
> please post. I'm curious if people are using it and what kind of 
> performance and/or difficulty they've had out of that setup. I 
> eventually intend to get an Airport for my Quicksilver, set up a 
> software base station and use an 802.11b card in my Dell laptop to 
> connect to the internet.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 02:11  PM, tony melvin wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a new 1 gig mac with the airport extreme
> > possibility.
> >
> > I also have a Ibook with a normal airpot card.
> >
> > If a was to buy an airport extreme card could I use my
> > airport extreme enabled mac as a router and surf on my
> > Ibook?  Or do I need the new airport basestation also?
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts or experiences?
> >
> > Thanx in advance
> > Tony
> >