Dave, Thanks for the detailed steps needed to set-up the software base station. I've spent the past 3 hours trying to get my MP2100 working, but have been unsuccessful until checking for new email and finding your posting. This is amazing stuff, getting my Newton to connect over my home network with my 3Com card and then wirelessly with my Lucent Silver Turbo card in the same day.
As a new Newton user, and a major gadget junkie, I am totally blown away by the amount of great information and help that emanates from this list and community. I'm glad to be a part of all this and just wish I hadn't lost 4 years using every other PDA device under the sun. I'm so into this Newton thing that I bought a MP2000 as a backup device too, all in the past 2 weeks. Best regards to all. Albert On 3/27/02 11:13 PM, "Dave Fleishman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I guess some further explanation is necessary. > > The iBook does not become a software base station automatically. I > had to do it manually. Here's how. Under the menu bar's Airport > icon, you can see an option called "Create Network". When you select > that, it will bring up a dialog box "Computer to Computer". You then > need to pick a channel (in this case the default, Channel 11), and > name the network, which with this driver must be "Newton", without > the quotes, case sensitive. No password or confirm is necessary. > Hit okay, and the icon will change on the icon bar to what looks like > a very small classic Mac in the quarter circle Airport icon outline. > > Next, in Classic mode, you will need to set Appletalk to Ethernet 1 > (which is the setting for the Airport Card oddly enough). Save the > Appletalk configuration, and start NCU up, with listening on > Appletalk enabled under NCU's preferences. That's about it for the > iBook. > > Now, on the Newton, of course you should have the driver installed > already, and if you don't know how to do this via serial or ethernet, > I can help privately, but I'm assuming everyone knows how to install > a package. > > Insert the WaveLAN card, which the Newton will now recognize, and > check the box to use the card for Appletalk. > > Then, using the Dock application on the newton, try connecting to > your computer, or have it search for the computer under "Other > Computer" in the connect dialog box. You will connect via Appletalk. > > If all is done correctly, NCU (running in Classic) should connect on > the iBook and you have a wireless NCU connection. Phew! > > I'm sure I left out a step or two that someone will point out, but > you get the idea. I'm sure this would also work for any Airport > capable Mac, though I have no others to try this on except my wife's > iMac, which I really don't want to install Classic apps on if I don't > have to. > > Good luck, and I'll let you know if I can use the ibook as a bridge > to the internet. > >>> I used NCU on the iBook, and my WaveLAN (actually an Orinoco Silver) >>> card in the Newt. The iBook became a software Airport Base Station >>> under OSX 10.1.3, and I was able to connect! >> >> I'm a little confused. Did the iBook running OSX 10.1.3 automatically see >> the Newton with the WaveLAN card, without any manual configuration required? >> In other words, did it become a software base station automatically? >> >> And, since NCU is a Classic app, how did you run NCU and still connect as a >> software base station under 10.1.3? >> -- -- NewtonList is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop buy.com and save. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/buy.com.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> NewtonList info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/newton.html> 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/newtonlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
