Connecting an AirPort Card to a Non-AirPort Access Point
When a Macintosh with an AirPort Card is within range of a signal from a non-AirPort access point, the AirPort Card should detect the network signal and display the access point's SSID in the AirPort application's Choose Network menus and the AirPort Control Strip. When a user selects that network from the menu, the AirPort Card should associate itself with that access point just as it would associate with an AirPort Extreme. The Control Strip and the AirPort application will show the quality of the signal from the access point in their graphic displays the same way they show a connection to an Apple Base Station.
In most large business networks and public wireless services, the network manager ...
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