Macbook Pro Core Duo 2 with latest Airport Extreme?

Since I'm having disconnection issues with my older Airport Extreme G router, I am considering getting the N version. Will it solve the issues I'm currently having with the Macbook Pro? Will I be able to connect to the 5 GHz band?

The answer is that the connection of my Macbook Pro, although not perfect, is more stable with the newest Airport Extreme N Router than with my old Airport Extreme G router. In the 5 GHz band anyway, which is the one I've been using for about a week now.

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The MBP requires the heavy duty 85 watt charger. You should not use the charger for a MB. If both of your computers are MBPs, then the chargers are interchangeable.

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An update for those interested - In a posting Nov 12, 2010,
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12574450
Al Cellier said : Earlier this year I upgraded my mid-2006 Mac Mini (Core Duo) with an (Macbook Original Wireless WIFI Card 802.11n AR5BXB72 - Atheros) Airport Extreme Card to get N-WiFi. That works fine in Leopard 10.5.8; but in 10.6.4 & 10.6.5, I can't get connected to my router. Is a new driver needed for 10.6 ? Network Utility / Info Tab / Network Interface (en1) reports "Model: Wireless Network Adapter," as (802.11a/b/g/n). As an aside, the Bluetooth seems much flakier now than with the original card.
The update, as of July 21, 2011 has that now that I have installed 3 antennas onto the WiFi card instead of just one, and now the Mini works great in Snow Leopard 10.6.8 !!!
We are getting full 300Mbps status on the n protocol.
No added drivers or tweaking, just the antennas and the system update (system update alone was not enough).
Mac user since 1984, and an optimist ...

I purchased 2 extra antennas (I found the seller on ebay; they are small circuit boards with attached cable and tiny connector). They sit just outside the box at each rear corner, and are taped to the housing; the cables were fed into the unit thru the ventilation slots, carefully routed to the wifi board where they snap into place. Unfortunately I didn't take photos inside; I could photograph the antennas sticking out, if you want.

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Just ******* after an 23" Apple Cimima Display (ACD). But wondering wether or not my laptop will be able to drive it properly.
I have a MacBook Pro 15.4" with a 2GHZ Core Duo Processor with 1GB of RAM and the ATI X1600 GPU with 128 MB of RAM. I'm a bit annoyed I opted for 'only' 128MB, 256MB would have really increased the shelf life of the computer.
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My Macbook Pro won't connect with my airport extreme network....the extreme seems to be working fine....Any thoughts? I ahve tried diagnositics and assistant....thanks

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From what I can tell from various documentation around the web, this should be upgradable to 802.11n with Apple's 802.11n Enabling software, however it tells me that the hardware is not compatible.
If anyone can suggest what I am doing wrong, or whether I miss out, that would be good.
Also, assuming it can not be upgraded, will running my local Airport network in "802.11n 5GHz 802.11a compatible mode" affect the speed of my other 802.11n devices on the network?
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So you're basically saying 'Link Speed' shows the current connection? If so, the problem resolved itself. Sorry, my bad. Thanks anyways.
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My MacBook Pro Core Duo from 2006 shuts down randomly requiring frequent reboots to the point I had to abandon doing any project or anything on this MacBook Pro. Same thing occurs with the iMac dual core from 2007. MacBook battery replaced. Is it internal battery for both, new logic board required, bad hard drive, or bad RAM?
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Run an Apple Hardware Test using the original installation disk that has the AHT instructions on it.
Try SMC and PRAM resets:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
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Macbook Pro Core Duo 2.16Ghz with 1GB+2GB memory module

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Is the 2gb modulle not supported or the total of 3gb
is not supported?
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something wrong :P
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I was using my macbook pro (core duo) and just had a few apps open when it froze. I could still use my mouse but nothing else was working including force quit.
When I restarted my computer, it did the spinning wheel and apple screen and then went straight from that to a grey screen, to never come back again. Sometimes it flashes to black before entering the grey screen.
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I booted with the command option p and r.
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Some possible good news for MacBook Pro Core Duo owners....

All,
I believe I am now running 2.4GHz 802.11N on my MacBook Pro Core Duo.
I have a Belkin F5D8071 ExpressCard installed.
I also have the new Airport Extreme.
Before I got the AE, I tried to run the 802.11N enabler with the Belkin card installed. No go. The enabler said my hardware didn't meet the minimum requirements.
But, I received my AE yesterday and installed the Airport Utility on the MacBookPro while the Belkin card was plugged into the ExpressCard slot.
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802.11n for MacBook Pro Core Duo's no problem!

From a post on xlr8yourmac.com:
" So I was really ****** about only having G because of being an early adopter. So I started looking what could I do about it. Browsing the net, I found out that the new core2duo machines actually use a broadcom chip (Actually as mentioned here previously, the Core2Duo MacBook/MacBook Pros use the Atheros AR5008 Chip, although the Mac Pro uses a Broadcom chip (not sure on chip version no.) - the Apple 802.11n enabler supports both. See notes on Mac 802.11n page here.-Mike) and this chip is the same one in Dell Wireless 1500 adapters. (Dell notebook mini card)
I bought one of those Dell 1500 cards on ebay, (I searched google and found the Dell 1500 card for as low as $52.xx, although an ebay auction had over 100 of them at $90 "Buy it Now" price.-Mike) and using the great guides on ifixit, change the card on my machine.
(He didn't mention which CoreDuo Mac he had (Macbook? Macbook Pro? iMac? Mini?) but I'm assuming a Macbook or Macbook Pro since iFixit's guides don' t cover the intel-based Mini or iMac.-Mike)
On boot, the card is recognized (and even more stable than the older one). The enabler didn't want to work (wouldn't install I assume he means) on my system though. So I opened it in pacifist, (available here-Mike) and moved the file to the System folder, and magic! I have draft-N in my macbook coreduo
Hope you can publish this and it helps someone.
-Julian"
William

Just out of interest, where's the third attenna?
802.11n might work on the chip, but you won't get 11n
performance without the third attenna.
Regards
Paul
Ok, here is the scoop, I installed the AirPort Card from a Mac Pro and it works fine. I do have an issue with my Verizon DSL router Westell 327W. It does not like the new card. So I can not connect to it. On the other hand the AirPort Express and the new Mac Pro card in the MacBook Pro love each other. The range is unbeliveable! I am reluctant to update to the 802.11n enabler right now since reading all the problems with it in the other discussions.
I am going to disable the wireless feature in the Verizon router and hard wire a connection to the AirPort Express and see how that works...
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