Apple Airport Card - Network adapter - AirPort

Average customer rating: 4.0

Fabulous Product
Excellent price, excellent product
Not your only option...
But one thing they left out. The adapter!
life changing

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Apple Airport Card - Network adapter - AirPort - 802.11b

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0000899ZD

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Product Description

Apple's AirPort wireless networking technology lets you surf the Internet from almost anywhere in your home or business, and enables schools to provide Internet access to multiple students without installing expensive cabling. With AirPort-enabled Macintosh systems, it's a snap to exchange files or play multiplayer games at data transfer rates of up to 11 megabits per second. And because AirPort uses radio waves for communication, it can even work through walls.Add an internal AirPort Card for each AirPort Card-ready system you want to bring onto your wireless network.

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous Product.......2007-01-03

The Apple Airport Card - network adapter - Airport 802.11b was a fabulous purchase. It did exactly what it was supposed to, was easy to install and test, worked immediately. The vendor that supplied the airport card was prompt, efficient, courteous, and careful in the packaging. Very happy with the product.

Excellent price, excellent product.......2005-09-20

It is so difficult to find plain old Airport cards these days! I was so happy to find this one at a good price. I am now wireless on my old G3 iBook and couldn't be happier.

Not your only option..........2005-09-18

This card is great for the seamless apple look and feel (and only option for internal in imac/ibook/PB) but it is way overpriced now that it is out of production. There are other options. Belkin F5D6050 USB B adapter has drivers for 9.2 and OSX, several manufacturers (e.g. certain Belkin, Linksys, Microsoft) PCI cards have airport extreme chipsets (broadcom) on them that OSX reads as a real airport Xtreme card. You need to do your research and some cards have different chipsets in different revisions, but it is pretty easy overall - and you can save $100!

But one thing they left out. The adapter!.......2005-07-23

As a professional copywriter, I might be overly critical of product descriptions that leave out some major information. For example, if you are using this older airport card with a CRT iMac, you will need the optional adapter! I would add that to their description above. Otherwise it got here to Hawaii LIGHTNING fast and would recommend this seller highly! Now I am off to order the adapter kit.

life changing.......2004-02-10

The wireless revolution has seriously altered the way I work. It didn't seem like it was that big of a deal, to be able to work anywhere in the house on a laptop. And then I was home over Thanksgiving and tried my father's - it was incredible. So, soon after I had my own and I love it - I even ended up getting another one for my wife's laptop.

Whether it's browsing amazon.com late at night in bed, checking morning email in the kitchen while the kids run around, or being able to set up a writing desk anywhere in the house without worrying about an accessible internet port - the airport system is awesome. Even if you only have a desktop computer it's worth it - you can to put the computer in a place where there's no internet plug, without the 40 foot cord draping your wall to connect it. All in all, a wireless system may seem extravagant, but once you have one you'll wonder how you got by without it.

The airport card, along with the base station, allows you to connect several computers, even ones that don't have wireless cards in them (i.e., we have two laptops on the wireless system, and then one iMac that doesn't have an airport card is plugged directly into the base station). You can print, scan - anything - wirelessly, as long as those extra components are connected to the base station.

If you have a big house and the base station won't be centrally located, you may want to look into the antenna. I have a 2500 square foot house and the base station is at one end of it. I can get access from anywhere in the house without the extra antenna, though in one or two places it's a weak signal. My father's house, on the other hand, is over 5000 square feet and the base station is at a far end - you can't even get a signal on the other side of the house. However, he purchased the antenna and the signal is now very strong wherever you are. A warning - you should make sure your airport network is password protected, especially if you get the antenna. The signal will be broadcast through half your neighborhood and if not protected, people can get on and use your airtime, clogging up your bandwidth.

Make sure you get the right card! There's the airport extreme card and the regular airport card (I believe they are both compatible with either base station). Check Apple's website for direct compatibility between your computer and the two different cards. They are different sizes and will only fit in the right kind of slot.

One final word - I've heard from others that certain products from Net Gear or other wireless manufacturers accomplish the same thing as the airport card and base station for much cheaper. I can't attest to the validity of this, but it might be worth looking into. I'd exercise extreme caution, since if you go with Apple products it will be covered with tech support, even if it's more expensive. And putting third party hardware in your computer will likely void the warranty on your computer.

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