Hi - forgive me, please, if I use hopelessly incorrect terminology in the following series of questions....
In one building there exist two or three LANS, all, at present, wired. One of them has a fast DSL connection to the Internet. What I'd like to do is make that a broadcast (?) point for WiFi, so that people coming into the area can connect to the Net with their laptops. (This is OK with the ISP.) Unfortunately, because of weird conflicts between routers and the DSL modem, that LAN uses a Windows Box (running Windows 2000, I think) to serve the Internet for the rest of the computer on the LAN, including two older Macs. I'd also like to add another LAN to this - LAN 2, let's call it - linking to the Internet via wireless. I don't merely want to connect one computer to it, like others will do. I want to connect the whole LAN, which includes about four or five computers (in the future: more) and a nice postscript laserprinter. So my question is, how can this be done? I'd like simply to plug something into my uplink port on my existing Ethernet hub in LAN 2. Is that possible? In LAN 1, the ISP's technical incompetence may force us to continue to use a PC as a server - though I could switch it to a Linux box, for easier remote control from my office in LAN 2. Any advice? twv -- Signwave Finder Mail 0.5a - http://www.signwave.co.uk/ -- 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
