That's exactly how Airport works. Stated range of Airport is 150ft. from the Base Station, which you will connect to your router or hub. (Your mileage may vary.) I have my Airport connected to a hub, which connects to the router, which connects to the cable modem. Everything works smoothly.
In May or June, my school will be getting iBooks for the faculty. The school will be retrofitted with Airport Base stations. I expect to be able to bring my iBook home and it will be auto-detected by my Airport Base Station. (OS 9 may have to be configured, but OS X should auto-detect.) Be sure whatever laptop you buy has an Airport card, or will allow you to install one. The new version of the Base Station is $299 and the Airport Card is $99. The first generation Base Station and Card can be found for less. on 3/23/2002 11:43 AM, Amber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Given that I am about to get an laptop of some type (Mac of course), I > am wondering how exactly Airport works. > > I have cable modem hooked up to my iMac. If I wanted to go sit in my > bedroom, living room etc with the laptop and browse the web, send e-mail > etc., is this basically what Airport allows you to do ? > > What kind of range does it have ? > > Amber > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
