Will airport extreme card work on other wireless systems

will airport extreme card work with other networking systems such as time warner cable with a router?

Note, Airport Extreme on PowerMacs is limited to 802.11g.  If you find you get a router that is 802.11n, and have devices that need 802.11n speed, they should be on a different wireless network.  Otherwise you can set the network to be 802.11n and 802.11g for both 'n' and 'g' devices to hook up to it from the router in question.  Be sure the PowerMac in question does support Extreme, and not just the original Airport by visiting this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1621
And identifying your Mac in this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3082
If you can't find your Mac on the article, go to Apple menu -> About This Mac and tell us the Machine ID. If it is a notebook, the name of the machine is on the screen frame. If it is a machine with a display and a built-in optical drive that has no name, it may be an iMac.  That is significant as well.  Since you posted in the PowerMac forum, without telling us your machine, we can't help you further until you do.

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  • Will Airport Extreme Card work on all eMacs?

    Will an Airport Extreme Card work on all eMacs?
    Thanks,
    Chase

    Here are the computers that use Airport Extreme Cards.
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107440
    Cheers Don

  • Will airport extreme card work with my emac?

    I want to put an airport extreme card in my Emac. Please let me know if it will work in my machine. My Emac specs:
    Power PC G4
    CPU Speed: 800MHz
    L2 Cache: 256 KB
    Memory: 1Gb
    Bus Speed: 100MHz
    Purchase year: 2002 (before USB2)

    According to:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107440
    Only the eMac ATI Graphics model and USB 2 models could take Airport Extreme.
    According to:
    http://www.designedinca.com/macs/emac/may2003/800cd/
    the ATI Graphics model replaced the August 2002 to May 2003 which was also 800 Mhz.
    Thus your machine was the one before the Airport Extreme became available:
    http://www.designedinca.com/macs/emac/aug2002/800/
    So no, you can't put an Airport Extreme card in it. You can though get Airport Extreme speeds via a LAN capable WiFi access point via its 10/100 ethernet port.
    You can also buy the original Airport card from:
    http://www.a1acomputing.com/usorapaicam7.html
    Message was edited by: a brody

  • Can a "bad" Airport Extreme Card work intermittently, i.e.

    work sometimes and then suddenly disconnect and reconnect? I'm having trouble with Safari crashes, and slow or no page loads... it was implied that the Airport Extreme Card may be not working properly. Can this happen?
    I figured it either works or don't work, but maybe it's slowly dieing? I don't know.
    Anyone with experience with the card dieing or being intermittent? Is there a good way to test it?
    Thanks for any observations.

    Well here's a new one, but I might be speaking too soon. I certainly hope not!
    The AirPort checked out just fine at the Apple Store, and sure enough within an hour back home my connection/browsers crashed. I shut down the computer and unplugged the gateway. It ran smooth for three whole hours before crashing this time (the longest time on record).
    There's been one more thing in the back of my mind, and before calling the DSL company to return the gateway I figured I'd give it a try.
    I unplugged the KENSINGTON wireless optical desktop for Mac, keyboard and mouse with the RF receiver, and guess what?
    I haven't crashed in " 10 entire hours"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG RECORD!
    Who would know? Not I.
    I emailed Kensington Support and asked whether the RF reciever might interfer with a wireless connection via airport, but I don't expect a reply. Niether a reply from the Yahoo!SBC/DSL support, because nothing, i.e. no video works with Mac OSX on their homepage. Bummer! But that's another problem I CAN ignor.
    Has anyone here ever heard that a wireless keyboard and mouse can mess around your airport connection?
    So for so good.
    G5 dual 1.8   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

  • Can't get Airport Extreme Card working

    I recently purchased a refurbished Airport Extreme Wiresless card for my EMAC from the Apple Store, installed it, but now when I try to configure the network connection, Wireless Airport is greyed out. I don't have the Extreme Station and didn't think I needed it, but I cannot figure out to make the connection to my existing wireless cable modem router in my house. Any help in this situation would be greatly appreciated!
    Thanks, SBeck

    Technoqueen,
    Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
    Does the card appear in Applications> Utilities> System Profiler under the Network> Airport Card heading? There have been a number of reports over the years from posters here in the Discussions to the effect that the Airport Extreme card is an extremely tight fit in the eMac. The card can fell as if it's fully seated in the slot, yet not actually be all the way in. It takes a surprising amount of force to fully seat the Airport Extreme card that last fraction of a millimeter; you need to push the card until just short of where the 50-lb eMac is shoved away from you on your work surface.

  • Airport Extreme Card work fine on new Mac Pro (Early 2008)?

    I was looking at this Airport Extreme Card ( http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=MTg 5Njg&fnode=home/shopmac/macaccessories/networking&nplm=M8881LL/A ). Is it simple enough to install? And does it work? I'm not a complete noob, and I have built my own PC before, but I'm wondering if there were any quirks when installing this since I'm fairly new with Mac Hardware.

    You do not need to have the Extreme base station. It is possible to set up the Express to "share" the routers internet capabilities and provide it through the ethernet port thus to your computer.
    You do however need to setup the Airport express to match some setting at the original base station(router). Unless your IT savvy, this could prove to be a hard task for the everyday user.
    If your trying to sustain high transfer rates... wired is always the solution. I personally used a 100ft Cat-6 cable, wired up through my large apartment ceiling to give "connected" benefits to various electronics at the other end. And the cable costs less than 99 dollars
    Your other option is to get what is called an extender.http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=23680 17&Sku=N100-2096&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&CMP=OTC-GOOGLEBASE
    This one here works on the G network, and is even a netgear product. This also costing less than the Express.
    Hope this helps

  • Fed up with Airport Extreme card errors connecting to wireless network

    Since buying my black MacBook in June I have been 'enjoying' completely haphazard connection to my (encrypted) home wireless network, and been forced to sponge off some neighbour's open network half the time, as I keep getting the message 'there was an error connecting to the ... wirless network'.
    I HAVE connected to my network successfully, and from time to time the ghost in my machine does let the MacBook connect to it all by itself, so there is no compatibility issue as such. I had hoped that downloading the most recent Airport Extreme Firmware Update would help, as it promised to 'improve reliability', but alas. I've tried downgrading to 10.4.9 as somebody suggested on these forums, but that didn't make any difference, so I'm now back on 10.4.10.
    The whole thing is driving me completely bonkers, so if anyone has any suggestions (or would consider joining me for a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about Apple's misleading advertisements promising that 'it just works'...) I would be most grateful.

    Don't order an ethernet cable from the Apple Store, any geek worth his salt might have one in his back pocket or a few in his bag (probably calls it a "patch cord".) Even Target sells them for $7-8 but anyone in IT buys them in bulk for $1-2 or makes their own for even less (materials cost, anyway, but they do take a bit of time and skill to put the ends on correctly).
    As for the wireless, I moved from a Powerbook G4 to a MBP 17" to a new MBP 15," and I have been very disappointed in how less stable the MBP wireless connection is than my old PB G4 or even my wife's four year old iBook as she sits on the couch near me merrily surfing away while I grumble. However, I have a cheapy SMC wireless router - I don't have the problem at work where we have Airport base stations or at many other places with different brand routers - it's tough to nail down, and it's **** aggravating, especially when working on a deadline.

  • Airport Extreme Card

    I couldn't find an answer so here is my post.
    I bought an Airport Extreme card from a guy and can't get it to work in both an iMac G5 and an eMac G4. It doesn't show up in the System Profiler. The guy claims it only works with older Apple Powerbook IBM chip laptops. From what I have read, Airport Extreme cards work with any mac with an Airport Extreme port.
    I need some clarity on who is right.
    Card info:
    Model no. A1026
    EMC no. 1951
    if you need more info let me know, and thank you anyone that replies.

    A A1026 AirPort Extreme card should work with your iMac G5 and the later eMac G4s.
    It will not work with any of the Intel based Macs.

  • AIRPORT EXTREME CARD compatability

    I have a G4/500 SAWTOOTH-AGP machine. Will an AirPort Extreme card work in this machine? I've looked everywhere, but cannot fine the answer. The specs for the card say "Will only work in machines that are Airport Extreme ready"...
    I've looked up the specs on the SAWTOOTH, and it doesn't say anything other than "Airport ready"...
    I've read LOTS and LOTS of postings by folks saying this card didn't work in their machines. Many where from G5 owners, so I don't know.
    THX
    G4/AGP 500mhz Graphics   Mac OS X (10.3.2)  

    Hi, Stacey!
    The Airport Extreme card will not work. You need the original Airport Card or a third party option... Please see the following current thread for some really good info/options concerning this subject:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=118521&tstart=0
    Gary

  • Will Airport Extreme Network with Panasonic Viera TC-P50ST30

    Will Airport Extreme Network work properly with Panasonic Viera TC-P50ST30 HDTV?

    I don't have this particular model, but I do have a Panasonic TC-P42GT25 plasma which has no difficulties accessing the Internet through my 4th Gen AirPort Extreme Base Station or 4th Gen Time Capsule.

  • My eMac can't find installed airport Extreme card

    Hello everyone,
    Having bought a netgear wireless modem for a wi-fi connection, I was told to install an airport extreme card on my eMac, which I did - several times. But the eMac says he can't find when I look for it, either in the internet setup or in the general information about the hard and software. I also installed the accompanying software. Why can this be ? Thanks for your advice!
    eMac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

    It's an eMac (USB 2.0) model. I'm not certain I should try to push the card in more ? Are those cards defective frequently ?
    Which eMac do you have? You can use KB 86325, eMac: How to locate the serial number
    and identify your model to determine which model
    you have.
    If your eMac is the "eMac (ATI Graphics)", "eMac (USB
    2.0)", or "eMac (2005)" the AirPort Extreme card is the correct
    wireless card.
    If your eMac is the "eMac", it requires the original
    AirPort card and is not compatible with
    the AirPort Extreme card.
    Assuming that your eMac is compatible with the AirPort Extreme card, one or more of
    the following must be true if the eMac is not
    detecting the card.
    The card is not installed
    correctly.
    The card is defective.
    The
    eMac's motherboard is defective.
    eMac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   1.25 GHz / 768 Mo DDR SDRAM

  • Computer won't recognize Airport Extreme Card

    Okay, I need a little help. I bought an Airport Extreme card for my eMac today, which is what my manual told me I'd need to connect to a wireless Internet connection.
    I followed the instructions to install it exactly, but the computer won't recognize that it's there. It still says "no information available" when I go look at the Airport card settings.
    I'm not sure if it's a fault of mine, the card's, or the computer's. When I insert the card, should it snap into place? Should it slide out easily? How can I tell if it's in properly?
    If anybody can help out, it'd make my year. I am dying to get this high-speed Internet set up. Thanks.

    surfingbaku, Welcome to the discussion area!
    Use the information in KB 86325, eMac: How to locate the serial number and identify your model to identify which type of eMac you have.
    If you have one of these eMacs
    eMac (ATI Graphics)
    eMac (USB 2.0)
    eMac (2005)
    you require the AirPort Extreme card.
    Any other eMac requires the original AirPort card.
    If you are using the correct card and it is not being recognized, one or more of the following must be correct.
    The card isn't installed correctly.
    The card is defective.
    The eMac's motherboard is defective and not recognizing the card.

  • Which AirPort extreme card for G5?

    I want to add an Airport extreme card to my Dual 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5. I purchased it May 2005. A bit confusing is, can I? and which one?
    The Apple system requirements says :
    System Requirements:
    The AirPort Extreme Card can be installed only in computers that are AirPort Extreme ready. AirPort Extreme Cards cannot be used in AirPort-ready computers with an AirPort Card slot.
    Requires Mac OS X 10.2.7 or later and AirPort Admin Utility software version 3.1.1 or later to administer an AirPort Extreme Base Station.
    Wireless printing over USB requires Mac OS X v10.2.7 or later.
    This AirPort Extreme Card is not compatible with Power Mac G5 Dual and Power Mac G5 Quad computers introduced in October 2005. To add an AirPort Extreme card to one of these systems, please contact an Apple Retail Store or other Authorized Apple Service Provider.
    Thanks.

    Your Power Mac G5 requires the AirPort Extreme card.

  • AirPort Extreme Card for "Late 2005" G5 needed

    Hello!
    I am trying to buy and install WiFi in an old G5 which identifies itself as
    PowerMac11,2
    Dual 2,0 GHz
    According to Mactracker that makes it a "Late 2005" G5, and this is where trouble begins for me…
    I searched for information on that; this is what I think is right at the moment:
    All G5s – except for this "Late 2005" Modell – work with AirportExtreme! Cards.
    This one needs an AirportExtreme!/Bluetooth card.
    This card cannot be purchased from Apple, costs loads of money and is hard to install.
    Could anyone help me confirm or invalidate anything of that?
    Maybe you even know what I can do to still get WiFi?
    All I would like is an affordable solution.
    Thank you very much for helping out a recent switcher who thought life would be easier on the other side
    greets,
    Ludwig

    Thank you for your encouraging answer, Silent One.
    Now, I don't want to rebuff you, but I think Apple wrote this for a reason:
    +"This AirPort Extreme Card is not compatible with the Mac Pro or the Power Mac G5 Dual and Power Mac G5 Quad computers introduced in October 2005. To add an AirPort Extreme card to one of these systems, please contact an Apple Retail Store or other Authorized Apple Service Provider. "+ (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=85A 8FBC1&nplm=M8881LL/A)
    I am quite sure that I need to find a different solution.
    Thanks for your help, though, and please correct me if I'm just talking nonsense here,
    Ludwig

  • Airport extreme card not working with leopard / G5

    I just upgraded my PowerMac to leopard (G5 dual 1.8, 3 gigs of ram, 250 GB HD). I bought it new in December 2004 from apple. Previously I had been using a USB adapter to connect to my wireless internet at home (Linksys WRT54G). This device does not support leopard so I got an airport extreme card from gainsaver.com.
    The Airport extreme card is configured properly as far as I know but it will only connect to my network for about 5 seconds then it drops. The USB adapter worked perfectly in the same spot and my macbook right next to it works fine as well.
    1. Could it be a bad Airport extreme card?
    2. Is this a known issue? And possibly be resolved with the 10.5.2 update?
    It is a fresh Leopard install with no updates as I can not connect it to the internet to get them. Any help would be very much appreciated.
    Message was edited by: anthonylkelly

    Hi, I have the same machine (4 ram slots?) have you got the connector for the aerial that connects to the motherboard attached to your airport card. Mine works a treat.

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