Anyone have a spare G5 airport extreme card laying around ?

[The Tasmanian]

Anyone have a spare G5 airport extreme card laying around?
I'm still running HD on a G5 dual 2.5ghz Mac
I have 2 machines, and also looking for a 3rd for parts.

What I really need is to find a airport extreme card for my machine so I can use a ipad (as a PT remote) for adjusting mixes from the next room (and lying on the lounge etc...)
But neither of these machines ever had airport cards
any help / guidance would be much appreciated - there are a few on ebay but I'm not 100% sure of them actually working (3rd party cards)

[Sammas]

Hi there, Chris.

Are the G5's in the same room?

If you are slightly proficient in setting up networks, something like this might be an easier solution:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Apple-Airpor ... 1c2a811ac6

Connect your two G5's to it via network cables... connect your incoming internet connection to it... and connect your laptops/iphones/ipads to it via wireless. You can also connect a USB harddrive to it for network accessable storage.

If the two G5's are in two totally different locations it may not be so useful... but its apple, and may kill a few birds with one stone...

[The Tasmanian]

I'm only using 1xG5 - the other is for future spares.
My Laptop/ipad/imac are all airport... but not the G5
Thanks Sammas that is a great tip - I can also hook up my USB printer to it!
Cheers!

[The Tasmanian]

Interesting - the airport extreme models nearly all look the same, but the new model (V5) is nearly 3 x times faster.
Might pay to get a new one and get the speed.

[Junction]

Chris what vintage is your G5, I have an apple airport card that plugs into the motherboard, but it doesn't fit my 2008/9 vintage G5, supposedly goes into an older one maybe 2007 or so. You can have it, if its any good to you.