Airport or Airport Extreme card for G4?

I have a Power Mac G4 - 1.25 GHz Power PC G4 (Memory 768 MB DDR SDRAM), grey/silver finish.

I've recently bought a MacBook Pro and would like to wireless on the G4 too.

For the G4, do I need an AirPort card or an AirPort Extreme card?

If it's the older version AirPort card (rather than the Extreme), is this the correct one?:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Airport-Card-Network-adapter/dp/B0000899ZD

Many thanks.

Power Mac G4, MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Mar 23, 2008 2:52 AM

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Mar 23, 2008 4:00 AM in response to Stockwelllion

Hi-

Welcome to Discussions!

The linked card is the standard Airport card, which the MDD G4 can use. However, if your MDD is a FW 800 model, the FW 800 is Airport Extreme compatible. Please see this document to confirm the model.
One other note, the standard Airport card is the slow 802.11b. On a wireless network, when used with faster 802.11g and 802.11n capable computers, the slower device will slow down the other devices. It would be better to consider a wireless PCI adapter that is 802.11g or 802.11n compliant for use in the MDD. This card and this card are great options.

Mar 31, 2008 6:03 PM in response to ashism

yes. any of the pci adapters will simply require you to install some software, shut down, install the card and reboot. I personally use the max power from newertech. It has been great for the price. The only downside i have with it is that it does not show up in the menu bar like an airport card would. its not a big deal by any means but it is worth noting for those of us who like things to look right 🙂.

on the other hand I have heard of people using generic broadcom chip based pci cards which are a bit cheaper. as seen here. http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=pciwirelessbroadcom&category0=

I haven't used these but I have heard they work. Be sure to check with the seller for sure before diving in. 🙂.

Hope this helps a bit!

Billy

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