PowerBook G4s' AirPort Extreme Cards-b or g?

How can I tell if the built-in AirPort Extreme cards on my PowerBook G4s (a 2 1/2 year-old 15" and two 12" PBs under two years old) have 802.11g or not? System Monitor does not indicate which; it only shows the Wireless Card Firmware Version: 405.1 (3.90.34.0.p18).
PowerBook G4 15" 1.5GHz/80GB/512RAM; PB 12" 1.5GHz/100GB/1.25GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) video iPod 80GB; Wireless Mighty Mouse/Wireless Mouse

Tesserax,
Thanks for the clarification and the specifications resource page.
(I have a house full of PBs--all post-2005. My next venture is going to be a wireless home network, and I wanted to make sure whether I had mixed Airport standards to deal with or, as it turns out, not.)
Laird
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behappysomeday, Welcome to the discussion area!
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wcslingsby, Welcome to the discussion area!
No you can not use an AirPort Extreme card with your PowerBook.
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I couldn't find an answer so here is my post.
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A A1026 AirPort Extreme card should work with your iMac G5 and the later eMac G4s.
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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.
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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.
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