Yea, we have a Linksys wireless router. I think this is getting a bit more confusing than it needs to be.
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Originally posted by g5orbust
Airport Extreme exists as both a base station (to broadcast the generic 802.11g signal) and an internal card (to recieve any 802.11g signal). |
Isn't that basically describing what all wireless cards do? They receive a signal as well as transmitting one? Or else, they wouldn't work? I put my parents house on a wireless network (Linksys G-router, and G-wireless cards). And further more, how do people get the "54 MB/s" transfer rate? Is that when you are transferring directly over the network? Like in "My Shared Documents" folder? We just use AIM and or ICQ to exchange files, and it never get's over a meg.
Here's what I'm want to know:
Say I already have a wireless router (which obviously also serves as the wireless access point) , will I be able to get on the internet with the just Airport Extreme?
And, I don't want it to sit there wasting a PCMCIA/USB.. or whatever type of port. I want the card to be integrated into the computer, which it sounds like it is from qirans post. So it IS NOT a card that I can remove from a PCMCIA or USB port, right?? Sorry for the confusion, I just want to be absolute certain.
Who thinks up the names for their products anyway, Stan Lee?