I'm baaack! Joe and others helped me take baby steps last year to networking my Blueberry iBook to my 17" iMac with Verizon DSL. My original post is below. I now have hub into which the DSL is hooked (I know because the iMac DSL works great through the hub). The iBook recognizes the signal from the Airport with the green dots. Somebody in my building has a Linksys network which I have been able to join and surf the net BUT I can't get the internet connection to work on my iBook. The Apple knowledge base article is not helpful. It says things like "Ask your network administrator." Does anybody have any suggestions before I hire a $150 consultant? I think it has something to do with TCP/IP and DHCP settings, whatever they are. Tom
On Monday, September 2, 2002, at 05:43 PM, Thomas D. Kearns wrote: > I have new 17" iMac (10.1.5, soon to upgrade to Jaguar), original > Blueberry (9.0.4) iBook, Beige G3 (9.0.4) and Airport 1.0 (which I have > not used in a year because of interference with a phone I got rid of). > Verizon DSL is my isp. My wife uses AOL at work. I want to set up a > home network to: > > (i) permit my wife may use AOL (proprietary or web based) for e-mail. > (ii) share a USB printer connected to my iMac > > I am not a power user and ease of use is important. > > Questions: > 1. Should I upgrade to Airport Base Station 2.0? > 2. Should I upgrade the iBook to OS 9.2 or X? > 3. I need an ethernet router to hook all 3 Macs together, correct? > Recommendations? Do I still need if I upgrade to Airport Base Station > 2.0? > 4. Are there online help networks where I can pay someone a reasonable > fee to walk me through this stuff? > 5. Should I just go to my local high school and see if I can hire > somebody? > 6. Why is this stuff still so complicated for non-pros? > -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end 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/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
