Airport Extreme on 1ghz emac ?

I have a 1ghz emac whic his just under 4 years old.
Does anyone know if this is capable of taking an airport extreme card so that it can be wirelessly networked or how I can tell ?

Bontemps,
Where abouts in the world are you located? Cordless phones in the US have run in the 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, and 5.8 GHz bands; I'm not aware of any location that uses 3 GHz phones. 2.4 GHz phones ccan interfere with WiFi networks. A commonly suggested workaround is to experiment with changing the WiFi base station's channel number to find one that minimizes interference.
(Or do what I've been going: keep using 900 MHz phones until the price of 5.8 GHz systems came down, and skip the 2.4 GHz phones entirely. I've noticed 5.8 GHz cordless dual handset answering machine / call ID models on sale for around US$35)

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slot, and the antenna is all the way in as well. When
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and identify your model to determine which model
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http://www.macwireless.com/
http://www.macsolutions.com/
http://www.expercom.com/productdetail.html?PRODUCTID=305851
http://blog.smalldog.com/article/372/original-airport-cards-in-stock
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/M7600LLE/

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Message was edited by: macnoel

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I got around to simply trying a second time to install the Airport Extreme card in this eMac. This time - I shut it down before starting installation of the card.
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