on 2/19/03 3:56 PM, Robert Easton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the response. Do I just walk in to the store and ask for a WiFi or a 802.11b? Will they know what I'm talking about? (I won't). >> if I can use a common (not an Apple Airport Base Station) to hook up my >> Macs and a winbox at the same time. > > God Ole 802.11b (aka WiFi) is completely cross platform, although it may > only come with PC "software" that would only be for setting it up, once it's > set up any WiFi device should be able to connect. > >> I know my iMac is Airport 'ready' but I don't know A. if there is a >> router (D-Link, etc.) that will work with it and winboxes, and. . . > > Again any WiFi compliant router should work > >> is there any card for older PCI Mac's to get them on wireless >> (Whewwhew). > > OK here's the tricky part, if you want to go with a PC card then you need to > find 2 things, 1) a pc-pci carrier card to go in your Mac and 2) a pc card > to go in the above, AND you need to find drivers for both. > > OR > > You can get an Ethernet or USB to WiFi bridge that you can use on a Mac > (Linksys makes one I think) this option is much less headache :-) > > Hope this helps >
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