Mary, First you should have no problems setting up Macs, PCs, iOS devices, or Android devices to operate happily on a network using an Apple Extreme. You get three wired ports on the Extreme and if that is not enough, you can always get a switch, which would allow you to expand the number of ports. I have had all matter of devices on my wireless network and I have been using Apple routers for a number of years now.
Scott On Feb 19, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi all, > > We have an old linksys router that has served us wonderfully for several > years. But it is time to move on and upgrade to something that will give us > higher speed wireless, now that none of our wireless devices require the > older 208-11G protocol. Between us, we have an IPod, IPad and an Android > phone that will connect wirelessly as well as a pc laptop. And we have pc and > mac desktops that will connect via wire, except perhaps for my Mac if there > aren't enough cable connections on the airport extreme. I'd like to get the > Airport Extreme, but my sighted husband is worried about connectivity with > his pcs. I was so impressed with the ease of set up with the airport express > and the Mac and am quite wary of the newer pc-oriented routers that all seem > to want you to install proprietary software, unlike our old linksys. So, does > anybody have experience in setting up an airport extreme in this environment? > What can one do about the limited number of cable connections for wired > computer set up off the router? If this isn't sufficiently vo-related, reply > off list would be find, but I hope it fits within the criteria for the list, > since one of my reasons for wanting to go this route is to ensure > accessibility of set up and compatibility with my Mac and other I-devices. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
