Which base station do I need please ?

Hi there
I have an ibook G3, so I assume I have to use an 'Airport' card in it.
If that's the case, what is the best option for a base station to give me the fastest possible speeds on my 2MB Broadband connection in UK.
I will be linking my base station to an ADSL router using ethernet.
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks in advance
Mark

Your iBook G3 requires an original Airport card - which is no longer sold by Apple and its dealers. This card is becoming increasing difficult (and expensive) to buy - try EBay.
You can use ANY wireless router to connect your Airport equipped iBook to an ethernet interface DSL modem. I don't recommend you buy one of the old Graphite or Snow Base Stations (topic of this discussion forum). If you want to buy an Apple product, get the Airport Express. If you don't mind buying a non-Apple product, any wireless router sold at your local computer shop will do just fine.
One additional consideration - since you live in the UK, you need to use a so-called "DSL gateway" if you use an Apple Airport Express or Base Station. Most DSL systems in the UK use the PPPoA protocol to establish a connection - which Apple's products can't handle, thus the need for an external "DSL gateway" that does handle this protocol.

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Can I set which base station a device communicates to on an extended Airplay network?

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HowlinStLou, Welcome to the discussion area!
If you use dial-up and want to go wireless, your only solution is one of Apple's base stations [the graphite AirPort base station (ABS), snow ABS, or AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS)]. Most of Apple's base stations include a built-in 56k modem, see AirPort base station differences.
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All 9 Apple AE Base Stations Dying and need restart

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I do tech work for a school and we have a problem with all 9 of our Airport Extreme base stations disappearing off the network. Its like they don't exist. The cannot be seen wirelessly or via ethernet using the Airport admin utility. They won't even respond to a ping. Its driving everyone nuts. I only work there a couple of hours a fortnight so I don't yet know if all the base stations die at once or one by one but when I was there last week they were all dead. If you restart them they seem to work fine for some random amount of time before requiring a restart. This goes on all day.
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After further investigation it would appear that the base station dies that is being used rather than just random drop offs. I guess after each unit dies the laptops are restarted and start using another base station and kill it and so on until they are all dead.
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Photoshop CS 6 boots in 3.4 seconds.
Look at the Photoshop Action Test benchmarks at OWC:
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"I've just been reading about problems with the discrete graphics card version."
I think that's just the 15 and 17" MBP 2011 MBP. There was finally a recall on those.
https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/
Personally I'm partial to the refurbed 2012 MBP with the standard SATA connectors. Known performer, easy to swap in another drive.
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I have an AirPort network which consists of a Time Capsule and 2 AirPort Expresses connected in 'extended' mode. I want to test each of the AirPort Express units to ensure that they are doing what they should be (i.e. extending my network). However, I can't figure out how to determine which base station I'm actually connected to at any given moment. When I look at the AirPort status in the menu bar or at Network Preferences it simply tells me the name of the network that I'm connected to but not the specific AirPort unit. Is there any way to see this information?
For all I know, I could be connected to the Time Capsule no matter when in my home I'm located.
Cheers,
Barry

OK, let's recheck some settings as you definitely should not be picking up a wireless signal from the TC if you have an Express much closer to the computer.
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Click the Wireless tab below the icons
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There must be a check mark next to "Allow this network to be extended"
Update to save any changes.
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Wireless Mode set to "Extend a wireless network"
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There must be a check mark next to "Allow wireless clients"
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• Safe Booted
• Created a new account/User
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Airport Extreme (Snow) - relay
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There is not a snow AEBS. Referring to it that way is confusing because there IS an 802.11b Dual-Ethenret (aka "snow") AirPort base station (ABS). The snow ABS does not do WDS and does not have a USB port.
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Quite possibly.
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I'm very confused and can't seem to find an answer anywhere. I have a graphite 700mhz G3 imac running OS 10.3.9 and am getting a 800mhz Flat Panel G4 imac which will also be running OS 10.3.9. I may upgrade to Tiger at some point on both computers. I know I need a regular airport card for the G3 and think I need a regular one for the G4 as well. But, which base unit do I need? I'm assuming I'll have to use the Graphite or snow original Airport base units as opposed to any of the newer ones. Is that correct? Am I able to use a different base unit that will be compatible with my computers?
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So if I understand correctly, I could use 2 original Airport cards in the Macs I have and as it stands now, with OS 10.3.9 I can use the original snow or Graphite Airport and have that work?
That is correct.
But, if I upgrade to 10.4 then I would be able to use Airport extreme, etc.. along with the original Airport cards and that would work?
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Last year I posted a desire to hook up my AEBS and AEX to a Westell wireless network. After much discussion and many suggestions I created a network that worked but was occasionally flaky.
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I use an Ibook with an Airport Extreme Card. I use it wirelessly to my Phone Companies (Windstream here in New Mexico) wireless modem with antenna they provided for me. My question is...I am unable to pick up a good signal on the other end of our house...Do I need a base station or an Airport Express or Extreme Base station to help with a longer distance between my Ibook and the wireless modem? Not sure what the difference is? We have a guest house that is rented on weekends to tourists...I want them to pick up a frequency from my wireless modem that is over at our place. Does it matter which base station I get? In order for the signal to get stronger between homes. And does one base station eliminate the need to have my wireless modem? Thanks in advance- Jeff

Do I need a base station or an Airport Express or Extreme Base station to help with a longer distance between my Ibook and the wireless modem?
Unfortunately, very few non-AirPort wireless routers will work with AirPort base stations to extend the wireless network in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS). However, if your wireless modem (which sounds like a gateway) also provides wired LAN ports, you could connect an AirPort base station to it and then extend the network, wirelessly, with additional ones. You can create a WDS with all AirPort Extreme Base Stations (AEBS), all AirPort Express Base Stations (AX) or a mix of both. (Note: The new AEBS, to be available in February, does not appear to have WDS functionality.)
Does it matter which base station I get? In order for the signal to get stronger between homes.
No. However, it's important to understand that a WDS does not "boost" a signal, only re-transmits it at the same throughput as it receives it.
And does one base station eliminate the need to have my wireless modem?
Unfortunately, no. The AirPort base stations do not incorporate a DSL or cable modem.

About Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station?

I Need A Wireless Router & i'm looking for Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station cause I Need a Wireless Router cause I Have at Home a Sony DVD Wireless Blue-Ray Player & i'm trying to Connect to The Internet on The Device but it's not letting me cause it say's I Have No Wireless Router to Connect to or Something? but I Connected The Sony DVD Blue-Ray Player to My 15inch Coby L.E.D LEDTV1526 HDTV & it Play's Blue-Ray Movies Excellent it just I Cannot Connect to The Internet on there cause I Need a Wireless Router & I Wanted to know if Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station is The Right Wireless Router for Me? cause I Like Apple & I Would like to Get The Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station if it's ok with what I Need it for? I Never had a Wireless Router before, I Love Sony & I Love Apple they both have Great Products on My Sony DVD Wireless Blue-Ray Player I Can Stream Movies From The Internet & I Wanna do that let me know if Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station is ok for me Please?
in My Bed Room I Have My 15inch Coby L.E.D LEDTV1526 HDTV & I Have My Optimum Cable HDTV DVR Cable HDTV Ready Connected & My Sony DVD Blue-Ray Player Connected to My 15inch Coby L.E.D LEDTV1526 HDTV But I Need a Wireless Router & is Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station right for me? all I Need now is Apple TV Next then i'm really Loaded Up.
in My Home I Have Optimum Triple Play Package Deal, I Have Cable HDTV Silver Package with Optimum DVR & Optimum Online Boost Plus for Internet & I Have My Regular Optimum Phone Service all 3 from Cablevision in My Bed Room & I Have over 2000+ DVD Movies & Music CD's & on Apple iTunes I Have almost 1000 Music & Music Video's & Almost 1000 App's for My Apple iPhone 4 32GB & Future Apple iPod Touch 64GB & I Have 32 Movies on Apple iTunes & 4 TV Shows on Apple iTunes & I Have 70 Mac App Store Mac App's from The Mac App Store
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If Someone did not like the way I Made this Thread i'm Very Sorry I Did it in the wrong way, I'm Sorry & I Won't do it if it was the wrong way i did it? & i'm sorry I Made the Mistake & I Just thought i would get Help on the Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station I Needed help with & I'm Sorry what i did if You did not like it, I Have not been on here often & I Only come here if I Need help with something so maybe you could let this thread slide but if not? then it's ok & i'm still Sorry I Made it & I Did not mean to make it in a bad way if thats what you thought? so have a Very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year & Happy Holiday's from your Online Friend & Costumer Byron.
Peace.

Ok after Christmas was Over I Went to PC Richard & Son & was looking for an HDMI Cable & I Found it so then I Asked them about My Sony DVD Blu-Ray Player & told them about the situation that I can stream Movies from the Internet to The Sony DVD Blu-Ray Player & then I also talked to them about a Router so after that they had Showed me The BELKIN Share N300 Wireless N' Router & they said this is The Cheapest 1 & it was $29.99 plus tax, they said that I Can Connect that to My Sony DVD Blu-Ray Player to The BELKIN Share N300 Wireless N' Router & Connect The Belkin Share N300 Wireless N' Router to My Cable Optimum Online Modem then Connect The Wire from The Optimum Cable Modem to My Computer so now My Sony DVD Blu-Ray Player can Stream Movies from The Internet & also I Have everything Conected & working great & I also have Netflix on My Sony DVD Blu-Ray Player & I Can also watch Movies on Netflix on My 24inch iMac Computer to, everything is working fine so now 1 Very Last Question & i'll leave you alone
if I Were to Buy Apple TV Can I Get a Wireless Home Networking Connection on The BELKIN Share N300 Wireless N' Router? or is it only can Work on an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station?
I Hope you had a Happy New Year ok take care from Byron.

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