IMac 24'' & 802.11N

Hi,
I've bought an iMac 24'' in June (White on), I would like to know if it has 802.11n compatible card in it ?
Thanks

Yes, the 24" iMacs have a "Core 2 Duo" processor.

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Basic Intel iMac with 802.11n - no mobile devices or broadband. What do I need in Australia. mrcos

Saturday 7 January 2012
I am writing to ask for some advice regarding the best course of action to take with regard to my current computer situated in Sydney Australia.
I have been a Netspace customer for many years with an old iMac until I purchased a new iMac in the latter part of 2011. All this time I have been a dial-up participant with no broadband, gaming or little or no downloading. This account will expire late next month.
My main usage has been in the areas of email together with internet access mainly to my financial interests. I am still using dial-up after purchasing an exterior V92 modem which can only operate in 32 bit mode rather than the 64 bit mode for which the new iMac normally operates.
The advice I need now is with regard to the best method I should now adopt in order to take advantage of the facilities I now have available and whether or not I need more hardware and/or software, to utilise such things as wireless using 802.11n.
Should I stay with Netspace or switch to another server such as Telstra who already have my home telephone and Foxtel accounts.
I intend to make similar enquiries to Telstra, Netspace and other suppliers.
Unfortunately, I am an old dinosaur and am enquiring because I have not been bothering to keep track of what is available until my latest computer purchase posed a number of questions as well as my own ability to take it all in.
I have no mobile devices and do not require any nor am I particularly looking for broadband.
Yours faithfully,
malfromsydney

Hi Peter Ducklow-
Charles offers good advice-you need a router.
This document may be helpful: Creating a small Ethernet network
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802.11n For 24" iMac.

I have read that my Intel Core 2 Duo 24" iMac has 802.11n wi-fi support built in but that it will cost me $1.99 (£1.01) to download the software which will enable me to step up from 802.11g.
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It is avable to download for £1.25 from here http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/61114042/wo/Xl7rAaWLyyhW2MQh 7OxuC6m56TZ/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.1.3
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Hi. Thanks for the reply. It turns out that the router was not going into n mode because of the security I set on it. I finally figured this out and the AE did connect in n mode after all.
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John, thanks for the email so quickly.
I too hope I haven't tried "everything" either but I am reasonably technical. I had done what you suggested to do before but I did both again.
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I have tried the assist me menu and Network Status has Ethernet Green, Network settings Yellow, ISP Green, and Internet and Server Red and Failed for both. I have turned things off and on, checked cables, deleted all locations and tried restting them up but to no avail. I even disconnected everything and connected the mac directly into the cable modem itself and the thing still will not connect.
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No
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I bought and am trying to install the 802.11n upgrade to run and it tells me "your computer doesn't meet the hardware requirements".
I have the latest firmware.
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Hi guys!
I used to have an iMac G5 with *Built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g)*
Then I bought an *Airport Express* and I am sure that by the time it was still an *Airport Express with (802.11g)*
Now that I have a brand new new iMac that is *Intel Core 2 Duo iMac (802.11n)*
Will I have problem trying to connect it to the Express because it is n and not g?
Thanks!

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I've been trying to get some drivers working with Windows Vista. I'll post the results I've been having and maybe someone can assist.
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I have another wireless router Belkin N1 wireless and I get differing wireless speeds/connectivity depending on what drivers I use. I have 5 full bars and an "excellent" connection rating for it.
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The drivers on the leopard disk are marked as 4.80.75.0. I can connect using those and use the internet. But at very, very slow speeds (27.0 mb/s Broadband tests show .5% of normal speeds for my provider, a wired connection will get 105.8% of normal speeds for my provider.)
I got some other drivers that were posted by other users at the following location
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1309942&tstart=0
These are marked as 4.150.31.0. Same issue as the ones on the leopard disk. I get connectivity, but at very slow speeds.
I believe I have the most up to date firmware for my router but will check that and post on the message board some results. Another option that I have is to completely disable the 802.11n protocol on the router and just use 802.11g.
Does anyone know any other drivers out there that I could try? I will post findings. Again this is only a problem while trying to connect to a Belkin N1 wireless router. I get much better speeds/connection using a Belkin Pre-N router.

I have a 24" Core 2 Duo iMac (2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM) running Leopard and an Apple Airport Extreme base station, and am having the same problem with slow wireless speed under Vista Ultimate edition with Boot Camp. All Vista software updates as of March 11, 2008 have been applied.
I've reinstalled the driver from the Leopard disk (no effect) and updated the driver directly in Windows, using the one that Windows detects automatically (no effect). Under OS X, I get close to optimal bandwidth over the 802.11n connection to my cable modem. The Airport Extreme is set to use 5 GHz only and does not use the 802.11g-compatibility mode.
When I use a wired connection to my gigabit Ethernet switch, everything is fine.
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Airport Extreme 802.11n upgrade options for early Intel Core Duo iMac

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http://store.apple.com/uk/product/D4141ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg&mco=MjIzMDkzNA
The page states that the upgrade is compatible "If you have a Mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (except the 17-inch, 1.83GHz iMac)". What it doesn't tell you is that if you have an early version of the iMac (pre-Sept 2006) that shipped with the Intel Core Duo Processor (note - not the Core 2 Duo) then the upgrade will not work. I have also tried to install Airport Extreme updates (2007002 and 2008004) and these report that the hardware is not compatible. Doing some searching around these forums and others, the issue with the original Core Duo iMacs not being upgradeable to 802.11n is out there - shame Apple weren't more explicit.
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http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/productinfo.php?productsid=461
The company offering this is in the UK, but the product appears to be from a Sonnet, a US company. Does anyone out there have experience of installing this product (or having it installed) and can you comment on how it performs? Is it a seamless replacement for the original Airport card?

What it doesn't tell you is that if you have an early version of the iMac (pre-Sept 2006) that shipped with the Intel Core Duo Processor (note - not the Core 2 Duo) then the upgrade will not work.
If it says you need to have a Core "2" Duo processor, then it seems to me they are telling you very clearly that it will not work with the earlier Core (no "2") Duo iMacs.
The "late 2006" iMacs with Core 2 Duo (except for that one education model they mentioned) have wireless networking hardware that is 802.11n capable. When they were initially sold, Apple chose to NOT enable the "n" capability for some reason; maybe because the standard was still in flux and not enough testing had been done with the driver. Later, they enabled the "n" capability with a firmware update. But that was only possible because the wireless hardware was already capable of doing "n."
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Hi, I have Imac 10.8.5 and Aiport Express 802.11n wi-fi. I need a airport admin utility that I can't download. How do I do? Help me, please!

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Your iMac comes with AirPort Utility (in /Applications/Utilities). You can open it from the Launchpad by going to the "Utilities" or "Other" folder

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