Mike, Mactracker is you friend. Based on it ( the cards are listed in the device section under Wi-Fi Cards/Base Stations) states that both of these devices run on the 2.4 GHz bands.
Regards, Mike On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Mike Baker wrote: > Neither tells me whether the Apple Airport Express or Apple Airport > Extreme cards inside Mac computers run on the 5Ghz frequency band. > I know the cards run on the 2.4Ghz frequency band and I am aware > the latest base stations can run at both frequency bands. It's the > cards in Mac computers that I can't find out whether they run at > the 5Ghz frequency band. > > --- On Mon, 6/8/09, Al Poulin <alfred.pou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Al Poulin <alfred.pou...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Apple airport cards frequency band(s) > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 9:05 PM > > > On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:14 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: > >> == 1 of 1 == >> Date: Mon, Jun 8 2009 1:03 pm >> From: psufa...@yahoo.com >> >> >> I have the older Airport Express Base station (802.1b) I am >> thinking of buying a dual band Airport Extreme Base Station. It >> transmit on the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz frequency bands. I have been >> unable to find any info on whether an Airport or Airport Extreme >> wireless card can operate on the 5Ghz frequency band. I know they >> can operate on the 2.4Ghz frequency band. If they can't operate on >> the 5Ghz frequency band, then it makes little sense to get the >> dual band Airport Extreme Base Station and I should get the >> regular Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express Base >> Station, which both can run at 802.1n. Any thoughts or answers? > > Look here for a start: > http://www.macworld.com/article/140685/2009/05/wifi_spectrumbands.html > > And look at the Apple technical specs for both the old and new base > stations. Channels 1 to 11 are in the 2.4GHz band. Channels 36 to > 48 are in the 5GHz band. > > Al Poulin > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---