Graphite or Snow ABS with Extreme ABS

Currently I have a ABS Extreme and instead of finding a compatible Airport PCI card for my G3 B&W I was going to add a Graphite or Snow ABS to the network. The reason for the Graphite or Snow is that I run OS9 and have no plans to upgrade to X. The Extreme is Adminned by my MacBook. Is it possible for a Graphite or Snow to join a wireless Extreme network using the Graphite or Snow as an Airport to ethernet bridge to my Power mac? Also if this is possible does the Snow or Graphite require an airport card and what kind? Thanks for the info in advance!!!

Have you thought about using a newer Airport Express for what you want to do?
I personally wouldn't waste my money on older wireless equipment unless there was no other choice.
I have many friends connecting their older Macs to the new "n" version of the Airport Express using an ethernet cable. This then gives them the wireless connection to their other base stations from the old computer.
Then if you do ever get rid of your old Mac, you would still have the Airport Express for Airtunes or a remote printer or Hard Disk...
My 2 Cents....

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    Hello adharris. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
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  • Roaming: WEP on Snow ABS, WPA on AirPort Express?

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    The solution is to use WEP on both base stations.
    Why do you need to run WPA on one network and WEP on the other, why don't you run WEP on both?
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    No
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  • AEBS doesn't broadcast as well as the Snow ABS

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    Try using b mode only and see if that makes a difference.
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  • Graphite and Snow with Snow Leopard

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    http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/people/sevy/airport/
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  • Need AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow

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