Are Airport and Airport Extreme Wi-Fi Certified?

**malexgreen** · July 9th, 2003, 08:50 AM

Not sure what hardware Apple uses in it's Airport products. This article mentioned several component manufacturers meeting Wi-Fi cert. requirements for their 802.11g chips/components. Does Apples use these? When will Apple acheive Wi-Fi Certification?

http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20030708S0019

**voice-** · July 9th, 2003, 02:37 PM

Now, if what I've read is true, Airport is 802.11b and Airport Extreme is 802.11g
I don't think they are certified yet...

**Lycander** · July 9th, 2003, 05:15 PM

802.11b is certified, g is brand new but I think it passed certification in April or May. Was scheduled to be certified for March I heard but you know how things are, delays and what not.

According to the system requirements for PC Wi-Fi cards, such cards have to be certified so I would hazard a guess that the base station is also certified.

**symphonix** · July 10th, 2003, 04:17 AM

Airport is Wi-Fi certified for 802.11b products.

See www.apple.com/airport

**malexgreen** · July 11th, 2003, 09:46 AM

Airport and Airport Extreme cards and base stations are Wi-Fi certified:

http://www.wi-fi.org/OpenSection/Cer...ucts.asp?TID=2

But they are only certified for 11 Mbps, not 54 Mbps.

**superfula** · July 12th, 2003, 06:39 PM

Probably because it is certified for b, but not for g

**symphonix** · July 12th, 2003, 11:47 PM

I think its because the certification standards for 802.11g Wi-Fi have not been finalised yet. When the 802.11g Wi-Fi standards are *finally* agreed on I expect Apple will release a software update to ensure full compliance.