--- Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not true. The only requirement for an Airport *STATION* is that you have an Airport *CARD* equipped Mac to configure it with. The only requirement for an Airport *CARD* is that the Mac have an Airport slot to put it in.
On Friday, July 26, 2002, at 07:04 , Jeff Lentz wrote: > I'm not certain that this is even technically correct. > When I got my wife's Airport-equipped iBook and a > Base Station, I had trouble getting the iBook to see > the Station wirelessly, so I configured it via the > ethernet connection on my non-Airport PowerBook and it > works just fine now. I can't imagine why you'd want a > Base without something with a card (except to act as > an expensive router) but in my experience it's quite > doable. > > - Jeff Lentz Ok, my bad. I was going by Apple's page on the Airport base station. To answer your question, probably the most common scenario would be that the base station was being redeployed in an all-PC environment. For that matter, I don't know if you could use a non-Airport PCMCIA 802.11b card in a Powerbook to run the Airport config, either. KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
