Airport Extreme Card Questions...


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1) If I get a new iMac, do i need the airport card, or the extreme one, and does it matter?

2) if i get the card in my mac, is that all i need for wireless internet? (i already have a pc, cable modem, and linksys wireless router broadcasting internet to my pc # 2 and pc laptop)

3) is it fast? just as fast as my cable modem?

4) do i need the basestation?

thnx in advance ;)

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1) If I get a new iMac, do i need the airport card, or the extreme one, and does it matter?

2) if i get the card in my mac, is that all i need for wireless internet? (i already have a pc, cable modem, and linksys wireless router broadcasting internet to my pc # 2 and pc laptop)

3) is it fast? just as fast as my cable modem?

4) do i need the basestation?

thnx in advance ;)

1. AirPort - 802.11b, AirPort Extreme - 802.11g

2. Yes.

3. Yes.

4. No.

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You don't have an option as far as cards go. You need to buy an Airport Extreme cards. The two cards are very different in shape and not interchangable. Airport Extreme cards WILL work with 802.11b routers, it'll just throttle down to 11mb/s instead of 54mb/s.

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