The National Enquirer reports at 1:42 AM -0700 7/2/04, Zoltan Batiz wrote: >On Jul 1, 2004, at 9:21 PM, Mark Rath, LSW, Coordinator wrote: > > > I tried this once and got no response so - here goes again: > > > > I know very little about airport but I am slowly learning - I >have a second > > generation iBook (indigo, firewire) and want to put an aiport card in it. I > > know I can't use airport extreme - what are my other options? >Also I need an > > aiport base station in my home where all I have is dial up. Which airport > > base station do I need to get? And what is a fair price for all of this on > > ebay or if I buy from another place > <snip> > Don't pay more than $95.00 for a graphite or snow, as the Extreme > station is under $200 new.
Unless the bottom has fallen out of the prices in the past 2-3 weeks, I wouldn't quite go that strong. I know the price of a Dual-Ethernet (Snow) Base Station was running between $100 and $150. I would think anything up to $130 or $140 would be reasonable. If the prices have dropped, I haven't run across it yet. > The only real difference between the > Extreme (802.11g) and the regular (802.11b) are the transfer speeds > between computers within the wireless network. Extreme works best > with a T1 business connection as the source. It's most advantageous if one is going to be transferring huge files from computer to computer on a frequent basis. >With a dial up > connection as your main source for the internet, your best option > would be a graphite base station. That *wouldn't* be my recommendation. As Laurent pointed out, the Graphite ABS has had too many internal problems to make it a guaranteed trouble-free purchase. There's no way of knowing whether a hack decided to "fix" his own Graphite unit and made a royal mess of the insides. Plus, the Snow ABS has the extra Ethernet port, so a future upgrade to broadband won't require a new ABS. The OP will be able to connect via a Local Area Network (hard-wired Ethernet cable) *and* Wide Area Network (broadband Internet) with the Snow ABS. > > When shopping for one on eBay, be > > sure to check that it has a built in modem, as the lesser expensive > > ones didn't. Excellent advice. That applies to *any* used Apple ABS. Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
