When the Airport stopped working I was in a panic, because I never thought Id find a replacement.Or join our email list and be the first to know when new items become available.To access the internet with more than one computer, you had two choices.You could order another telephone line for the second computer-and a second account if you didnt want to wait your turn to go online.
Or you could wire the computers together in a network-drilling holes in walls, running messy cables through rooms, and negotiating complex networking software. The G4 recognized my network, but could not connect to it, or any other network. I suspected an incompatibility with my Xfinity (Comcast) modem. Sure enough, when I connected an Apple Airport Extreme base station to my modem, the Airport card saw and readily connected to my network, allowing full speed. It works fine. Ive read that Airport cards dont like to work with non-apple modems and in my case the Airport base station (15 on eBay) resolved the problem. OWC tech support was easily available and had reasonable information-seeking questions followed by suggestions about my home network but nothing improved my situation. Fortunately, I had also ordered enough RAM to allow upgrading the OS to 10.4 whereupon everything worked fine. One weird thing - More technical info about this card was automatically presented by the OWC site when I selected it for review than I found when I sought it during my pre-purchase research. Can I Just Use A Usb Wireless Card For My Pro Instead Of Buying An Airport Mac Until TheWorked fine in an older iMac until the router upgrade made the product obsolete. Fits my old G4 Mirrored Disk Drive Macintosh and works with Leopard 10.5.8. The main concern is security - Any network they connect to must use WEP or WPA security. This device was made before WPA2 and can not connect to a network using WPA2. So all networks it connects to would have to be changed to use the older WPA security. Probably not a problem but not the highest security available today. Nothing but virus problems with Windows that I never had on my Macs. Now being disgusted with Windows Virus problems, I decided to get Air Port Cards for both my older Macs. Now even my old Mac Titanium 400 mhz laptop can get online.Its not fast, and software updates are few, but it does get on line and is usable for word processing and other useful applications. The 2001 G4 Dual Processor Tower was upgraded with from Dual 450 mhz to Dual 1.8 GHZ processors and an M-Audio 2496k sound card, and another hard drive. The upgrade of the G4 to 1.8 dual processors makes it a real fast and reliable workhorse and a keeper. No problems getting online now with the Air Port Card, and no reason to have to spend over 3,500.00 to replace it with a Mac Pro. Saved my life more than a few times You guys are the greatest.
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