Ibook and 802.11G

lil.tope · February 9, 2003 2:22PM

I have an Ibook, I bought it in August of 20002. With the release of 802.11G a few weeks ago, is anyone making something which the Ibook can hook up an airport extreme?

-Evan

tacojohn · February 9, 2003 2:34PM

don't know if you already know this but the iBook can connect to an airport extreme basestation- it just can't connect at the new 54Mbps speed

zo · February 9, 2003 2:48PM

this should be in current hardware... but while were at it, can an 802.11g card be put in old hardware? Like my 14inch iBook? Does anyone know of such cards available yet?

kesh · February 9, 2003 3:39PM

The new cards are a completely different shape and pin connection.

bodhi · February 9, 2003 6:26PM

Off to Current Hardware you go....

cosmo · February 9, 2003 6:30PM

Do old airport slots have enough bandwidth to support 54mbps? If so, i don't understand why apple went with a different pin config.

paul · February 9, 2003 7:55PM

no they dont.... 802.11b will have to do... at least it is cheaper...

bka77 · February 15, 2003 1:51PM

Hi,

I know with 802.11b you can connect to an Airport Extreme, but that forces all the other 802.11g connections to run at 802.11b speed.

I think it would be nice if you could update (I mean software update) your 802.11b airport card, so it doesn't slow the rest of the the network down!

I know it is not possible to get a faster connection with my old airport card and the ibook, but I would like to see the 802.11g capable devices to really use the speed they are capable of even if there is an 802.11b device in the network.

pesi · February 15, 2003 7:19PM

802.11g devices do NOT slow down if there is an 802.11b device on the network.

see this apple doc:

<a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107372&SaveKCWindowURL=http: %2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePa ge&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com &showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=false &sessionID=anonymous%7C164473248" target="_blank">Apple Document 107372</a>

wmf · February 15, 2003 10:03PM

[quote]Originally posted by pesi:

<strong>802.11g devices do NOT slow down if there is an 802.11b device on the network.</strong><hr></blockquote>

That's what Apple says, but some real-world tests have showed the opposite. Hopefully future firmware updates will improve the performance.

bka77 · February 16, 2003 4:01AM

Thanks for your info.

Ibook and 802.11G

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