PowerBook G4 Airport Extreme b/g need upgrade to N. Is it possible

I have a problem trying to upgrade the Airport Extreme on this PowerBook G4. Its running 10.5.8 and has a PowerPC processor. The Airport came with the machine.
Its currently suggesting its capable of working on B and G networks. I found this info in the Network Utils. After I upgraded the router to the Linksys WRT320N and set it to 5Ghz it does want to play ball.
Also got an iMac G4 10.4 (retro dome) that can't connect either.
Apparently this N 5Ghz is the future. According to the rest of us, so is wireless. I currently have a £140 wireless router with a bunch of wires crawling across the floor from it. PlayStation 3 can't cope with it either!
The Intel MacBook works fine although Safari had some issues with updating the routers firmware via the web browser interface.
I believe that apple had issued some updates for the Airport a short time ago and figured that this would go across the board with all their Airport Extreme cards. Does anyone have any insight, if or when this might happen before I go off and buy hundreds of wireless USB adapters to find the one that works with these Macs?
Any help here would be greatly appreciated...
(Cinderella's glass slipper or is it the frog and the Princess? Are somethings ever worth looking for?).

Chris Jones22 wrote:
I have a problem trying to upgrade the Airport Extreme on this PowerBook G4. Its running 10.5.8 and has a PowerPC processor. The Airport came with the machine.
Its currently suggesting its capable of working on B and G networks. I found this info in the Network Utils. After I upgraded the router to the Linksys WRT320N and set it to 5Ghz it does want to play ball.
Also got an iMac G4 10.4 (retro dome) that can't connect either.
Apparently this N 5Ghz is the future. According to the rest of us, so is wireless. I currently have a £140 wireless router with a bunch of wires crawling across the floor from it. PlayStation 3 can't cope with it either!
The Intel MacBook works fine although Safari had some issues with updating the routers firmware via the web browser interface.
I believe that apple had issued some updates for the Airport a short time ago and figured that this would go across the board with all their Airport Extreme cards. Does anyone have any insight, if or when this might happen before I go off and buy hundreds of wireless USB adapters to find the one that works with these Macs?
Your older equipment cannot operate wirelessly in the 5 GHz band. A firmware update cannot supply the needed hardware upgrade.
You would seem to have two options:
1) Reconfigure your Wi-Fi equipment to support 802.11g (2.4 GHz).
2) Buy a USB 802.11n adapter for each of your old devices. It shouldn't be hard to determine which ones will work with your Macs. Whatever you buy, be sure that it works with the USB ports (USB 1.1 vs. USB 2.0).

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