PHY Mode not listed

Hi,

When I click on AirPort Card under System Profiler, there is very little information:


Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.22)
Current Wireless Network: onrye
Wireless Channel: 6


That's it. Then, when I option+click on the AirPort icon, there is also little information.

I am trying to find the supporting PHY modes. Why is this information not listed in these places? I've had wireless connection issues and can't seem to even get to the diagnosing information to see what my card even supports.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Try option clicking on the airport icon - that will give you your PHY mode. If you tell us which Mac you have - we can tell you which PHYs are supported.

I've moved your thread to the appropriate forum.

Yes, I tried that and it is not listed. I have a Macbook3,1 10.5.8 Intel Core 2 Duo. Do you need to know anything else? I think I bought it in 2009. Things are starting to outgrow my faithful companion.

According to MacTracker - you have the a/b/g/n card. I would not expect it to support the higher PHY rates of n though - but I have nothing to base that on except a guess that at that time the Macbooks only had a single antenna. I could be wrong though. Regarding why it's not showing you any additional info when you click on the airport icon - I have no idea.

You could try the command airport -I (that's a capital I (eye) not an L) for information. Let us know if that works.