Airport or wireless router ...
Hi,
I have an iMac G5 with an Airport card. I just realized that Airport is not activated on my computer because I have a D-Link wireless router that shares the internet with my daughter's MacBook.
What will be the speed difference if I used a wired router instead and if I activated Airport on my iMac ? What is the best setup ?
Thanks in advance.
Robert Lespérance
Hi Robert,
Under most circumstances, Wired is going to be much faster, but in practice is likely only Academic in nature, as Airport is faster than most any Internet connection you could have.
Your Airport should connect to the D-Link... depending how it is set p of course.
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