Dan,
We use the snow Airport base station (not extreme). It was fairly easy to set up (followed directions for most secure - for wireless - network). We made a few stumbling mistakes, but finally got it working. Works nicely with our Qwest DSL.
DSL Modem-Router--->Ethernet Switch--->ABS
The above ethernet switch is distribution for ethernet throughout our house.
I've seen lots of talk about wireless 802.11g PC cards and I would check out <http://macwireless.com> first if I was going to buy. Seems like a great website.
BTW, for our purposes Airport Extreme = 802.11g. You just can't install an Airport Extreme card in a Pismo due to a different type of port and hardware protocol. So the only way to go for "extreme" speed is a PCMCIA wireless card.
Can't actually help you because I haven't shopped yet. Can't help with OS 9 issues and wireless PC cards either, but the Airport card installed in my Pismo works fine on OS 9.2.2 and Jaguar/Panther.
Turtle-Bear
On Jun 17, 2004, at 7:18 PM, Imal Tornapart wrote:
I've had an 802.11b Airport card in my Pismo (Powerbook Firewire 2000)since 2001.IF I wanted to upgrade to the 802.11g standard I would need to get acompatible PCMCIA card.Pismo 400MHZ G3, 768MB RAM, OS X 10.3.4 Turtle-Bear
Nice, that's very close to the system I have. Which base station are you
using?
Are you confident that you can use 802.11g on this model, even as a PCMCIA
card? How about AirPort Extreme?
I was under the impression that the Firewire 2000 was only able to use
802.11b. Is this a driver issue?
Also, what about Mac OS 9.2? Will I be able to use an 802.11b or 802.11g
PCMCIA card in both X and 9.2?
Anyone have a tested combo so I can start with a known good setup?
I swear I am reading GB's of web pages relating to this issue. Still just a
bit confusing, but it is getting clearer, slowly.
Better to measure twice and cut once, I think, even if that involves asking
scores of questions.
Thanks to all who have helped me so far, and there's more to come...
Dan
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