When you get all your systems configured on your network, ensure you set your router up to accept both 802.11b and g. Most 802.11g routers default to accept on .11g hardware.
J.A. Clark
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On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 08:31 AM, Greg Gilmore wrote:
Since my daughter has decided to continue her college education online,
weıre finally going to make the leap from 56K to broadband, and to obviate
running cables between the 4 Macs that are regularly used for internet
access throughout the house, weıll make a simultaneous leap to wireless. I,
however, donıt know much about it and would be very grateful for your advice
about what we need to buy in order to bring the following machines up to
speed:
1) PowerBook G4/667MHz/OS 10.2. (Iım pretty sure this machine is ³Airport
ready², but the card is probably 802.11b, right? Iıd probably want the newer
802.11g technology on this one. Is it difficult and/or expensive to
upgrade?)
2) iBook G3/700 MHz/OS 10.2. (This one doesnıt appear to be ³Airport ready²,
but maybe Iım not looking in the right places. Weıd want 802.11g for this
one as well.)
3) PowerBook G3 (Lombard)/400 MHz/OS 9.2.2 (Definitely not ³Airport ready².
This machine is used primarily for email so an 802.11b card should be
sufficient, if it can be fitted with one. If so, would the 802.11b card from
the G4 PowerBook work here?)
4) iMac/350 MHz/OS 9.2.2 (Definitely not ³Airport ready², but I guess this
would be the machine which would connected to the cable modem via Ethernet
anyway.)
Sorry, two of these machines would be O.T. for this list, but theyıll all be
networked together. Comcast offers internet cable service in this area but I
need to make sure theyıre compatible with Airport.
Thanks for taking the time to consider our questions.
Greg
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