[G4] WiFi for G4?

[James Pacyga]

None the less, why buy 11b when you can just buy 11g and get 
both...it's the same price and a silly idea to bother buying an 
original at this point.

On Jun 18, 2005, at 9:18 AM, Kunga wrote:

> I stand corrected. The Airport slot in the early MDD is original 
> 802.11b Airport not the 802.11g Airport Extreme which are only in the 
> final FW800 MDDs. Airport cards are still for sale from a number on 
> online outfits. 802.11b is still faster than any internet connection 
> you will get from any public Wi-Fi system so you do not need 802.11g 
> to realize full speed internet access. 802.11g comes into play on a 
> local network when sharing among local Macs.
>
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106777>
>
> Only the FW800 MDD Macs have 802.11g Airport Extreme slots:
>
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107440>
>
> As you did not specify which model MDD you have, I thought you should 
> know that if you do not have a FireWire 800 port on your MDD then you 
> cannot put the AE card in there and must find the original one.
>
> Point is Apple has been putting Airport Wi-Fi slots in all Macs since 
> 2000.
>
> k
>
> On Jun 18, 2005, at 9:00 AM, Kunga wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>> There is an Airport Extreme Card slot in the MDD. You don't need to 
>> waste a PCI slot when you can put in the AE card where Apple built 
>> one.
>>
>> k
>>
>> On Jun 17, 2005, at 3:40 AM, Jim Elmore wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm going to move my MDD G4 to the motorhome and I'm wondering how I 
>>> might
>>> add wireless to it so that in WiFi equippped RV parks I can hook up. 
>>> Any
>>> "best" products?
>>>
>>> How about an 11g card for the G4 Powerbook? MacWirelss?
>
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