Apple Airport Wireless Card For Mac Pro - Network Adapter - 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft) (66436H)

I have a MacPro 2008 (early) computer. Back in the day when computers were replacing stone tablets, they did not come standard with Wifi, though it was likely an expensive option. Nine years later, and I had to move my router and could no longer use the ethernet connection. So I watched a few videos, read a couple of blog posts and decided I would buy this and have my wife connect the antennae if my fingers couldn't get the job done.Sure enough, they could not but she was able to do so. It was a bit of a struggle but you SLIDE the drives out (easy), find the wires (right below where the drives were, labeled with a 1 & 3 and MASSAGE them out with a pair of tweezers, then you insert the card at an angle so it fits nice and snug, then using a small phillips head screwdriver that is magnetized, stick the FREE SCREWS on the tip, aim and GET SCREWING. Once the card was SECURELY BOUND, I asked my wife to join us and help attach the antennae to the TINY HOLES where they snapped on with a bit of struggling and cursing.

I remember when my colleague purchased this Mac Pro in 2008. It had a WiFi card as an option – because it's a desktop computer and it will be placed at home and not moved, so why wouldn't it just be connected via ethernet, right? And, the WiFi card was expensive. Fast forward to summer 2018 and my early 2011 MacBook Pro logicboard gave up the ghost. It was just past the time when Apple would repair it, so I was out of luck – unless I wanted to spend a fortune replacing a logicboard on a seven year old machine.So, I took home the old Mac Pro. Man, this thing is a beast. But, I digress from my above digression. Long story short ... I needed a WiFi card because of where my home office is located. I did a little research online. I opened up the machine and poked around a bit. And, then I searched Amazon and found this gem of a "Wireless Card for Mac Pro".The price, my friends, is right. The card, ladies and gentleman, is what you are looking for. Attaching the antennae to it was a challenge. That is a result of the way the antennae are built and is not reflective of the card itself. It's just a fact of life. Be patient. Don't force anything. Remember this is a tender piece of electronic joy that needs love, not brutality. And try not to throw the whole thing out the window when you cannot attach a single antenna after an hour of trying. :)Seriously, this card is cheap, has been working perfectly – without issue – since I installed it probably close to three months ago. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

I am still using Vista bootcamped onto an old 2008 MacPro. Bought because it's easy to add upgrades, and this airport wifi card is one more notch in my bragging rights. My stone age desktop is fast, has tons of memory, and now I've been able to move it into a room with no cable connection. Yay!Installation was pretty simple, the tiny screws were included - it's worth it to spring for a magnetic #0 phillips screw driver, even if you never use it for anything else. And like many things - watch a couple You-Tube how-to videos first and save yourself some time. They all warn you that's it's hard to snap the antenna wires into the card. It is. Though the video warned not to, installing the card first made it easier to snap the wires into it, I think because that gives you something firmer to push against than just fingers and thumbs. (My neighborhood hardware had the right screwdriver for $2.19)

I was so thankful to get this card because trying to use those cheap USB wifi adapters on a MAC is an absolute ridiculous waste of time. The installation of this was made simple by watching a youtube video to identify the proper steps and connections. What the video won't do is help you with the manual dexterity needed to accomplish this, but it is definitely do-able. It took me 15 minutes to install the card and 30 minutes to do the last step which is connecting 3 little wires to the board. A few tricks that will make more sense when you are actually trying to install this: the board slides into a connector on the motherboard of your computer and then gets screwed in with little screws that must be inserted deep down in the chassis. The easy way is to clip the board in and while the other end is still up in the air, put both the screws through the holes in the little board first and then carefully bend it down to the motherboard and screw them into the threaded holes in the motherboard. A magnetic screwdriver helps. Attaching the wires can be a nightmare. They are very small push on connectors that you absolutely will need some type of magnifying glass and light, in order to have them line up. If you don't push them on perfectly straight, you could break them, then you are in trouble. Use 2 pair of tweezers.One to position it perfect, and the other to push down with. After that, I fired it up, didn't have to do anything but log onto my wi-fi network. Great signal even on the 2nd floor!

I was initially very happy with this wireless card, which boasted decent speed and was easy to install.That, however, has changed drastically in recent months. Despite being maybe 75 feet from the wireless router, the wireless card constantly disconnects from the router, which it says is at 5 bars of reception. It has no problem rejoining, but refuses to stay connected. Furthermore, the speed has suddenly started dropping rapidly. Whereas all other devices in the house will operate at almost 30mbps DL, the Mac Pro is hobbling along at just south of 3mbps, or one tenth the speed of the other devices.I'm majorly disappointed in this, and may have to look into a wired ethernet option because this has rendered the computer almost useless when trying to accomplish tasks that require internet connection

Firstly, I can confirm that this product IS compatible with an early 2009 Nehalem Mac Pro, it works very well indeed.The product I received was Apple part number MB363ZA/A, the date on the card is 2006.System profiler reports the following details: Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88) Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.26) Locale: RoW Country Code: GB Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140 Wake On Wireless: SupportedInstallation for me was extremely simple, however the position of the aerial wires is far from obvious.To install, remove the processor tray. This gives you loads of room to get your hands into the case. slip the card into the socket which is located to the left of the processor bay - it does NOT require force to insert. while holding the card down against the two screw posts at the top of the card, pop the two screws in, be careful tho, i suspect its very easy to loose them behind the motherboard. luckily the screws stuck to the end of my screwdriver and made this bit very easy.When the screws are in place, attach two of the aerial wires to the card. Now this bit is a matter of debate - because nobody seems to know which are the right wires. There are three with small black labels numbered 1, 2 & 3. I used 2 and 3. I put number 2 onto the connector which is closest the bottom of the case, and number 3 onto the other one.The wires are slightly tricky to clip on if you have big hands but try to keep them parallel to the board and you shouldn't have too many problems, they're a bit like press-studsAnyways, the card works very well with perfect signal strength, all you have to do after installation is go into network preferences and confirm a new network device is present - it tells you, you have one and you just have to say yes... then its just a case of connecting to your wireless network and job done!I STRONGLY suggest an attempt at finding the proper configuration of the wires - all I can say is 2 & 3 in the positions I've said, works ok for me. If you know different, please, please, please leave a comment because this information is so difficult to aquire. oh and I've tested it with bluetooth too and there doesn't seem to be any issues there either. both work perfectly well together.

Apple MB363Z/A Airport Extreme Wireless is not a compatible card if you want to install sierra or high sierra. Show as (AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)

Installed it in my aging Mac Pro 3,1. Works well enough. I'm using the Mac Pro now simply as a file server so not demanding a lot from it. It's a used product though. Keep that in mind if you buy it.

Works great!

Free my 2008 MacPro from ethernet cable. Works as an Apple product would.