PowerMac G5 (early 2005) Airport Extreme.

I am new to Mac and I recently purchased an older PowerMac G5 (early 2005) to practice on, Dual 2.3 GHZ. I want to use an Airport Extreme Card to connect to my network wirelessly. Now I cannot find an antenna wire or antenna card. The case does not have an Airport antenna connector. I currently use a USB adapter for wireless access. Any ideas on what is needed to complete the wireless components so it works?

...I recently purchased an older PowerMac G5 (early 2005) to practice on, Dual 2.3 GHZ. I want to use an Airport Extreme Card to connect to my network wirelessly. Now I cannot find an antenna wire or antenna card. The case does not have an Airport antenna connector. I currently use a USB adapter for wireless access. Any ideas on what is needed to complete the wireless components so it works?
Please check out this Apple Support article: Power Mac G5: How to Identify External AirPort and Bluetooth Antennas ... and here's one source for these antennas: www.MAC-PRO.com

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Not exactly sure if this is where to post, but if there are any moderators that see's this being in the wrong place, please move it if you could.
I have Mid-2005 AirPort Extreme, 20mb per/s internet (Broadband) and I'm getting 4mb - 6mb per/s, I believe that the AirPort is just getting old and it worn out. 4 Laptops have used it for 3 years. For the past four months, 7 computers have been connected with it. I've reset the configurations to it's maximum, I keep checking to make sure that it won't change. *Anyway possible that I can make it so it's doesn't make the computers have a weak signal and have slow internet connection without buying a new one just to save $180? I have considered an new one though, not much of a problem.*
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Wildmnky247, welcome to the discussions!
I can't speak for other users of course, but the likely reason that you have not seen a response to your original post is that we simply don't know.
You're asking about performance in your network, but didn't tell us anything about one of most important elements....the quality of your cabling. The regular contributors to the forum do not engage in guesswork and rarely offer a personal opinion on an issue. You are really asking for both in your post.
You say that you believe that your Extreme is old and worn out. I take that at face value. Why not investigate whether Apple will allow you to return a new Extreme for credit or refund within a short period if you don't feel that it offers improved performance in your network?
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Why did Apple stop supporting time machine back-up via USB hard drive connected to Airport Extreme?
Time Machine backups are supported via USB hard drive connected to the AirPort Extreme"ac" version.
Time Machine backups were not supported via USB hard drive connected to earlier versions of the AirPort Extreme.
Some users who tried this on earlier version AirPort Extremes seemed to have some success with Time Machine backups....some had moderate success and some had no success with this. Count me in the "no success" category.
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