Can I buy any wifi base station for an airport extreme card?

At my mom's house, there is no wifi, so I was thinking of buying an aebs. but I was wondering if I can buy any wifi base and if it will work with my mac?

The Ethernet output of the modem should be connected to the WAN port on the AEBS.
...and the modem doesnt have a WAN port, but it has two wifi plugs on the top.
"wifi plug"... what is that?
If these other computers don't have a wireless capability, connect an Ethernet switch (or hub) to the AEBS's LAN port. Then connect these other computers to the Ethernet switch (or hub).

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort_Extreme
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But it can be replaced with any standard 12v supply.. of sufficient current rating.
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Genuine-A1202-12V-1-8A-Power-Supply-AC-ADAPTER-fo r-Apple-Airport-Base-/290923848575?pt=US_Power_Supplies&hash=item43bc69a37f&_uhb =1
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Check in your local market if you want one fast.. just do ebay search for 12v 4a power supply..
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viad, Welcome to the discussion area!
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Try here:
http://www.ehmac.ca/classifieds/
Or, there is always eBay Canada, which has numerous offerings for the Airport Extreme card:
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Hong Kong seems to have some of the best buys, with shipping for as little as $2.
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This apparently is not as simple an issue as I expected, so I would appreciate some help.
I just got dsl and a Netgear WGT624 wireless router to connect my wife's iBook G4 with AirPort Extreme card. I used a wired-in pc to set up the router via the web interface and can connect the iBook to the web wirelessly as long as I have security disabled. When I attempt to set WEP or WPA the connection fails.
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One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
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AirPort: Joining an encrypted wireless network
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
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FYI. This results in a "double nat". Most browsing should be fine but if you have problems with various network protocols talking between your wired and wifi computers, Bonjour or Airplay for example, it is because you are double NATed for your wifi clients.
I would strongly recommend that you invest in a wifi access point to handle you wifi needs. Many manufactures make a pure access point model that is not also a router.

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The netgear is not going to work very well.. and not at all unless it is universal wireless extender.. you cannot use WDS method.
If it does support universal wireless then make sure the airport uses a rational SMB compatible wireless name.. not an apple name which is 35 characters long with spaces and illegal characters like apostrophe.
So nice AE name.. AEwifi and actually while you are trying.. fruitlessly to do this.. use AE24ghz and AE5ghz (so different names on the different bands)
Assuming your AE is gen3 or greater.
You should also fix the wireless channel at least for 2.4ghz since the netgear is probably only going to repeat 2.4ghz so use channel 11, as a trial.
And use no wireless security as a test.. if that works.. then use WPA1 & 2.. as often old equipment using WPA2 is not compatible.
If it fails with simple name.. fixed channel and no security. Sorry it is not compatible at all.. it happens.
If your AE is G wireless or earlier model.. really the time has come for replacement.
If your Express is G wireless model it is not supported.. and is too old to bother with expect I guess if you want to run audio to a speaker.
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