| Sonnett Aria Extreme Wireless Cardbus Card (G54-CB) |
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Model: G54-CB
Brand: Sonnet Technologies
Manufacturer: SONNET TECHNOLOGIES
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 13
Platforms: Mac OS X
Operating system: Apple MacOS X 10.2.6 or later
Form factor: Plug-in module
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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Wireless data transfer rates up to 54 Mbps
Compatible with Apple AirPort Extreme and other 802.11g wireless hubs
Backward-compatible with 802.11b devices
Requires Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later and AirPort Extreme driver 3.1 or later
Supports Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP |
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| Description: |
| Sonnet G54CB Aria Extreme 802.11g PC Card - This PC card connects your PC or Macintosh laptop with 802.11g networks at speeds up to 54Mbps. It's also backwards compatible with 11Mbps 802.11b wireless networks. Covering the 2 most popular forms of wireless networking protocols. |
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| User Reviews (13 total): |
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Aria Wireless card, June 27, 2008
By palm palms (U.S.A)
This card is better than any other card I have used. It works great for Mac and Windows and it's a low price. I've used it for a year now with no problems.
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just ok, November 9, 2007
By Think different use a Hackintosh (Hollywood)
I had to hack this card in order to get it to fit inside of an mac ibook. The card that fits in the ibook costs like 100 dollars. Give me a break. Unfortunately these cards just don't seem to have much range. The card that comes with the mac is just as bad. I also have a macbook and it uses a different card and it works perfectly, no beach balls looking for servers etc..
I would only use this card if you have and old system that can't take the new technology. But if you can, make the upgrade.
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Best option for old powerbook, June 30, 2007
By set_nomoli_mac
My old lombard G3 powerbook, now almost 9 years old, got a second wind with this card. All I had to do was upgrade to the latest system this machine can take (10.3.9), and it is now wirelessly networking. It took a couple of emails to customer support to find an update, but it was quick an easy.
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Just what I was looking for, March 24, 2007
By Penny (NY,NY)
I bought this wireless card for my old G3 Lombard. After updating my airport software, this card hopped right onto my home network. Haven't had any problems since installing a few months ago. The ease of installation made this card worth the few extra dollars.
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Like my mac, it just works, July 14, 2006
By freg
I bought the Aria for my G3 Lombard Powerbook running 10.3.9. It's flawless. I have had a number of wireless cards for this machines and all were a bit buggy or flimsy. Not this Sonnett. It went in, showed up, and stays there. Also it it much more solid in construction. Great price, easy setup, and reliability. Just like my mac :)
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no problems here, March 22, 2006
By Mac Yoozer
works great with the older powerbook i put it in - kind of pricy, but i'd recommend it.
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Airtunes for Titanium Powerbooks!, February 12, 2006
By itsmarkda (S.F. Bay Area)
My father owns a 500 MHz Titanium Powerbook with an internal Airport card. For his birthday, I purchased him an Airport Express so that he could stream his music to his stereo. To my dismay, it would frequently stop playing, act as if it were buffering, and then continue to play until the next maddening stop. A quick trip to Apple's Discussion page diagnosed the problem. It seems the older Airport cards do not play nice with Airtunes. The Titaniums do not accept the Airport Extreme cards, so I thought I would give his cardbus slot it's first workout. The Sonnet Aria Extreme could not have been easier to set-up. Simply shutdown the computer, insert the Aria Extreme, and restart. The card was instantly recognized, and Airtunes began streaming uninterrupted music from that point on. True plug and play.
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It works so good I bought two, October 19, 2005
By L. Chan (San Diego, CA USA)
I upgraded my Airport base station to AirPort Extreme and wanted to upgrade my Titanium notebook to take advantage of the increase speed. The Aria Extreme card was a perfect choice. No software to install, just plug and play. I actually removed the internal AirPort card so there is less confusion for both me and the computer. The reciption was better with the Arie extreme card.
My PowerBook is always on except when I close the lid to put it to sleep. Rarely do I loose connection to the base station. When it does I just re-choose the wireless LAN and it connects right up. Every once in a while I have to cycle the power on the base station to get the wireless LAN running again.
After 2 years I accidently kill the card during a family vacation by plugging it in after the notebook was on. Since the card had worked so well I purchase another one to replace it.
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Plug and play, October 8, 2005
By D. S. Higgins
Needed to get my wife's laptop set for wireless and the Aria Extreme was the perfect solution. Inexpensive and easy to start using, even for those not terribly computer savvy, like me!
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Sonnett's Aria Extreme, the good and the bad., September 20, 2005
By David J Stoddard (Arkadelphia, AR United States)
As a Titanium Powerbook G4 user the Aria Extreme seemed the best solution for a wireless network card. It works great to connect my older Apple G4 laptop to the wireless network in my house. I wish this were all there was to my review, but, unfortunately, it is not.
Mac OS X is the most stable operating system I have ever used on a computer of any sort. I have never had a computer freeze using it. There have been rare instances when a program may glitch and freeze, but you can easily escape from this situation without having to reboot the computer. So, it is strange to see that the Aria Extreme causes a complete hardware freeze up sometimes. Not only this, but in order to reactivate the card, it is necessary to pull the card out, and fully reboot the computer and log on . . . twice! Then and only then can you reinsert the card and activate the network. There does not seem to be anything in particular that brings about the freeze. This is frustrating to say the least.
I deal with computers for a living. So, I am good at discovering solutions for glitches such as this. Usually, a company will have some information about such problems on its web site. Sonnett does not address this issue for this card, but does mention a similar problem for another product. Their solution is to clean the contacts with a pencil eraser. Since PCMCIA cards have female contacts (inverted) that are very small, it would be impossible to clean these this way. I have found mention of this problem from other users on the web, but no ideal solution. I have had the card for about a month and it has happened at least four times.
Otherwise, I love how it works.
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reliability problems, November 15, 2004
By electronics junky (USA)
My original built-in Apple airport card died and Apple no longer sells one that works with the Titanium powerbooks (they only sell extreme which don't fit), so the Aria Extreme from Sonnet seemed like a logical solution as it was cheap, easy and faster than the original! Just insert the card and zoom + much better reception....for a while. It died after about 6 weeks. After a week with online tech support, they sent me a new one. After about 3 weeks, that one died. I asked if they could please test this one to see what is going on, but they said no, they just throw them in a big bucket when they come back. The 3rd one only worked for about a day. So I assumed it was my titanium Powerbook and brought the card to the Apple store where is worked on 1 out of 4 new powerbooks I tested it on; the others it either crashed the machine or was not visable to the machine. I don't know if there is another option, but this one is not a good bet.
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So Easy to Set Up!, February 24, 2004
By unknown
Works perfectly on my G4 titanium powerbook. Finally I can enjoy faster wireless networking. Set up was a breeze.
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