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Uninstall or Disable or Remove Airport

Hi Experts

I would like to disable Airport from my iMac G5 '08.

What is the most complete and thorough way to do so?

Alternately, if anyone can explain the console entries in the attached screen capture:

BTCOEXIST on
w10: Broadcom BCHM BCM4328 Wireless Controller

Etc.

I assume if I totally disable wireless on my iMac, I can still get my MacBook online wirelessly through my router/modem.

I did a Google for this query and did not find an answer.

Thanks in advance for your time.
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Thanks everyone.

Strung:
eoinosullivan in the first response to this post answered some questions.

What I'm trying to achieve is to buckle down wireless/sync/Mobile Me access to the desktop iMac.
Why? WIth my client/web work I am, granted, overly cautious about the site files on the local drive.

You'll see in my infamous list of questions many have been antsy concerns about things a) that concern me, b) i just want an understanding of things, d) the triad of local files, and FTP/site host and my ISP/IP and c) 'back away from the Console window.'

eoinosullivan :
so the 'coexist' message just is a default, 'hey, i'm here if you need me', system process? It would read when I'm connected to the internet non-wirelessly, with a coax router/modem connection?

Nappy D:
Hi there. Thanks for the details.

All:
for example an audio file showed up on my desktop that I didn't move, use or put there.

Last night on the MacBook I did an archive and install, and the software updates through the wireless
connection. This a.m. I could not log in to sys prefs, because the default acct was a Standard User. I called Apple - they said that was odd...but we resolved it with a root sign in. And created an admin privleages acct.

There was a Guest Folder that showed up as a User folder.

That's all good - because I then disabled the sharing/guest acct. But just another anonamoly. In the past, a Guest Folder has never showed up as a default user on the MacHd list of users.

But again - probably a Mac Being a Mac. And an rcbprov being an rcbprov...

Thanks.

strung

The most complete way to disable Airport on the G5 would be to physically remove the Airport card:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/imacG5_17inch_AirPort.pdf