Wireless Communication with Quad-Core Mac Pro

[Charles Dyer]

On 08 Aug 2007, at 20:00:11, Eric Gorr wrote:

> I purchased a Mac Pro a few months ago and made the silly error of  
> not taking the Airport and Bluetooth option. I am now told by the  
> Apple Store that they cannot sell me the hardware I need and will  
> need to find a third-party option. I am wondering what options  
> people might recommend.
>
> I assume they will eventually release for sale the special AirPort  
> and Bluetooth hardware for my machine,

I doubt this. The BTO wireless unit comes in three flovours:

1 802.11 only

2 Bluetooth only

3 802.11 and Bluetooth

It is not a PCI card, it's on the motherboard somewhere, possibly as  
a special slot daughtercard. IIRC the only place you can get one is  
at an Apple Store, and they have to install it. If the Apple Store  
can't get it for you, you're out of luck.

> but no one knows when that might be. I wish the AirPort Extreme  
> Card they do sell did not say:
>
>   This AirPort Extreme Card is not compatible with the Mac Pro
>
> Thank you.
>

If you just want 802.11, you can get this: <http://www.sonnettech.com/ 
product/aria_pci.html>.

You can get a USB 802.11 card, and USB Bluetooth.