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.
Product Description
Have you ever wanted the freedom to use your computer and surf the Internet from anywhere in your home? Or how about being able to use more than one computer to surf the Internet at the same time? Now there's a simple, affordable way to bring the Internet to every room in your home.Instead of using traditional cabling to create a network, AirPort is a wireless LAN technology that provides efficient, reliable wireless communication between multiple computers and the Internet. With no ugly, messy cables to tie you down, you'll enjoy unprecedented freedom to move about the home or classroom. What's more, AirPort enables everyone at home to simultaneously surf different web sites and access e-mail through a single Internet service account. There's no more waiting for your turn to dial into the Internet. Students can move about the classroom freely with their computers and learning takes place wherever it needs to, not just where the computer cable is located. An AirPort Card is about the size of a credit card. It fits easily into a conveniently located slot inside each AirPort-ready Apple computer.
Customer Reviews:
Bought used and it works just fine.......2007-06-08
Pricey card that I bought used. Its technology has since updated. The card works fine.
If only it worked.......2003-07-10
Switched to Mac? Switch back.
I built an 802.11b network for the PCs in my house. I set up everything and had it working and tested for a few weeks before tackling the Airport install. Since I'm not usually a Mac user, I thought I'd make sure everything else was working first.
Well, it was the right decision. 8 months later, my Airport card still does not work. I put it in our iBook, and it's recognized, but there is an error message that locks up all the wireless applications and configuration, so the Airport is useless. Yes, I have the right OS version, and I've gotten the latest drivers and applications, but nothing works.
I'll try again, sometime, but it's just really hard to get psyched up for hours and hours of beating your head against the wall, trying to get something to work.
Hey, it might work out of the box for you. If you have an older iBook, though, I'd prepare for a struggle.
Wireless rocks!.......2003-03-11
Like everything Apple makes, it was trivial to install and setup. End of story.
The real glory is being able to carry my iBook all over the house and use it everywhere. Combine that with the great battery usage in the iBook, and I am finally not tied down!
Go Mac, and do it without wires. You won't regret it for a single moment.
Make your PC friends jeleous.......2003-02-27
What a wonderful investment this Airport card (and the base station) was! I can walk anywhere in the house and even into the garden out back with my Powerbook and remain connected to the Internet. I take the computer everywhere, and at this moment (as I write from the living room while watching Discovery-Italia) my Internet connect utility tells me I have been connected to the Internet for the last 2,000+ hours! Almost three months! And that's despite taking the computer wherever I want it to go, up to 150 feet (half a football field) from the base station. It stays connected when the compuer is in sleep mode, when it restarts, turns off. There is no reduction in connection speed, I never get cut off and it effortless to operate. If I could somehow keep the battery charged without plugging it in, my Powerbook would be cableless for life!
I will give my five stars one caveat, because while the card is not difficult to install, opening the computer to do so does require an unusual and specific five-sided Allen-wrench-style tool that is not easy to find (hint: go to a store that repairs cellular phones). I am told that newer computers (mine is a Titanium Powerbook from late 2001) can be opened with a simple small screwdriver, but you'll want to look at the bottom of the computer to see if this will effect you -- do you have or can you get the tools to take that whole panel off? Perhaps an Apple dealer can do this service as well (though the card is billed as installable in the home) but here in Italy I did not have that choice. But even though I was a bit frustrated by this problem, the beauty and utility of the whole Airport technology easily makes up for it, hence the perfect score and the enthusiasm.
Another side note: the Airport works in desktop computers as well as laptops, but I'm not sure what the advantage to using it in a desktop would be, since portability of the Internet connection doesn't seem to be of any value if you can't move the computer. Yes, it would save one cable out of the back of the machine, but that hardly seems worth the price of the card and base station. And it does allow several computers to be connected to one broadband line, but the same thing can be achieved with a splitter and a few feet of extra cable that would cost less than $15. It isn't billed this way, but I really see this as hardware for laptops rather than desktops.
Absolutely flawless installation and performance.......2002-12-21
I've had this wireless card for over 9 months now. It installed in a few minutes on my iBook running OS X. Signal strength has never been an issue. It's worked well on several different access points (Airport and otherwise). A Netgear brand card purchased for an XP laptop in my house failed after 3 months of use ("driver" problem I think). No such problems with my Airport card. Get it and forget it!
Product Description
AirPort technology offers an easy and affordable way to provide wireless Internet access anywhere in your home or classroom. Instead of using traditional cabling to create a network, AirPort uses wireless local area network (LAN) technology to provide wireless communication between multiple computers. In a traditional network, computers are connected through a series of wires that transfer information between the different computers on the network. With AirPort, data is transferred between computers over a wireless network using radio waves.With the AirPort Card installed in your computer, you can access an AirPort network at your work or school and use it to browse the Internet, send and receive e-mail, and more; and set up a direct link between two or more AirPort-equipped computers (known as a "computer-to-computer" AirPort connection).
Product Description
Have you ever wanted the freedom to use your computer and surf the Internet from anywhere in your home? Or how about being able to use more than one computer to surf the Internet at the same time? Now there's a simple, affordable way to bring the Internet to every room in your home.Instead of using traditional cabling to create a network, AirPort is a wireless LAN technology that provides efficient, reliable wireless communication between multiple computers and the Internet. With no ugly, messy cables to tie you down, you'll enjoy unprecedented freedom to move about the home or classroom. What's more, AirPort enables everyone at home to simultaneously surf different web sites and access e-mail through a single Internet service account. There's no more waiting for your turn to dial into the Internet. Students can move about the classroom freely with their computers and learning takes place wherever it needs to, not just where the computer cable is located. An AirPort Card is about the size of a credit card. It fits easily into a conveniently located slot inside each AirPort-ready Apple computer.
Product Description
Have you ever wanted the freedom to use your computer and surf the Internet from anywhere in your home? Or how about being able to use more than one computer to surf the Internet at the same time? Now there's a simple, affordable way to bring the Internet to every room in your home.Instead of using traditional cabling to create a network, AirPort is a wireless LAN technology that provides efficient, reliable wireless communication between multiple computers and the Internet. With no ugly, messy cables to tie you down, you'll enjoy unprecedented freedom to move about the home or classroom. What's more, AirPort enables everyone at home to simultaneously surf different web sites and access e-mail through a single Internet service account. There's no more waiting for your turn to dial into the Internet. Students can move about the classroom freely with their computers and learning takes place wherever it needs to, not just where the computer cable is located. An AirPort Card is about the size of a credit card. It fits easily into a conveniently located slot inside each AirPort-ready Apple computer.
Product Description
With the AirPort Card installed in your computer, you can access an AirPort network at your work or school and use it to browse the Internet, send and receive e-mail, and more. Set up a direct link between two or more AirPort-equipped computers (known as a "computer-to-computer" AirPort connection). You can use the link to play multiplayer games. Set up an AirPort network using your computer as a base station and provide Internet access to other AirPort-equipped computers.
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.
Product Description
Have you ever wanted the freedom to use your computer and surf the Internet from anywhere in your home? Or how about being able to use more than one computer to surf the Internet at the same time? Now there's a simple, affordable way to bring the Internet to every room in your home.Instead of using traditional cabling to create a network, AirPort is a wireless LAN technology that provides efficient, reliable wireless communication between multiple computers and the Internet. With no ugly, messy cables to tie you down, you'll enjoy unprecedented freedom to move about the home or classroom. What's more, AirPort enables everyone at home to simultaneously surf different web sites and access e-mail through a single Internet service account. There's no more waiting for your turn to dial into the Internet. Students can move about the classroom freely with their computers and learning takes place wherever it needs to, not just where the computer cable is located. An AirPort Card is about the size of a credit card. It fits easily into a conveniently located slot inside each AirPort-ready Apple computer.
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.
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