Possible? (Airport card with Netgear wireless DSL modem?)

[thendis]

Hello,

I'm very new at networking, and don't fully understand what Airport does. All I know is I bought a Netgear Wireless Ethernet DSL modem/router and asked my local Apple retailer what I need for my mac to use broadband internet using this modem. He told me to buy an Airport Extreme Card for my eMac G4 800.

I haven't installed it yet, because I have noticed everything I have read on Airport cards only seems to assume you have an Airport Base STation, which i don't have.

Can you use an airport card with a 3rd party wireless Modem, or should I get my money back?

Thanx!
Thendis

 

[angelneo]

Your Airport Extreme card should be able to connect to your NetGear Wireless Modem/Router. The only thing you might want to take note is that if your wireless router network is 802.11g or 802.11b. The difference is only the connection speed. The g version can supports up to 54Mbps but the b version is only up 11Mbps.

 

[Gee]

I agree with the guy above - it should be fine. The Mac Airport wireless products are compatible with pretty much any wireless hardware because they all use the same standards. Go ahead and install it!

 

[thendis]

thanks for the replies. have installed and is working fine. VERY impressed with how easy it was. Everything seemed to instantly see eachother.

 

[wPod]

thanks for the replies. have installed and is working fine. VERY impressed with how easy it was. Everything seemed to instantly see eachother.

heh, ah the joys of being a mac owner. its just easy! m$ users spend sooo much money and time trying to get their computers/networks to work. if this 'easy' computing ever cought on, just imagine what could happen to the computer market

 

[thendis]

agreed wPod. I only recently switched to Macs from PCs. I orignially only bought one for a couple of graphic design apps and intended to keep the PC for most other things, but i was so impressed with the Mac I haven't used a PC in months.