[NMUG] Buffalo AirStation WLI-CB-G54A and other G cards

[Simon Royal]

Hi

Why oh why once I have written a message do I suddenly find the answer. I 
just checked System Profiler and under the Airport Card section it lists 
the type of card that is in your machine.

So my friends Pismo which originally only supported Airport, now has a card 
in the side which runs and is detected by the Mac as an Airport Extreme and 
so technically will run at Airport Extreme speeds.

Is there anyway to test this? I know surfing or downloading will be any 
different, but file transfers across the network should be different since 
both machines will have an 11g card in it.

Simon



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On Nov 5 2008, Simon Royal wrote:

Hi

I know I have compiled a list of Mac compatible PCMCIA cards, but a small 
point has eluded me.

http://www.simonroyal.co.uk/html/maccards.html

The original Airport card is only 802.11b. Some of the cards that fit in 
the PCMCIA slots of PowerBooks and are recognised as Airport cards by the 
machine are 802.11g.

So does these technically give you Airport Extreme in a Mac that originally 
had Airport. OSX works with both Airport and Airport Extreme.

I ask this as a friend of mine has a PowerBook and a Buffalo AirStation 
WLI-CB-G54A which when popped in the side of his Mac shows up as Airport. 
This is technically a G card, but will the Mac pick it up as a G card or 
only work as a B card.

Sorry for the rather messy message but I know what I am trying to ask but 
my brain isn't moving it to my fingers.

Simon

--- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, 
hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich Mac User 
Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple 
Mac.


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