Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
on 30/03/04 01:11, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/29/04 9:25 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Let me chime in perhaps late with nothing but good about the Buffalo brand available from CompUSA. I have 2 of these primarily for my ReplayTV units, but I also connect with my 802.11g PC card with my older TiBook. Rather easy to set up and work very well for me. I second this recommendation. Buffalo stuff is the best. It is actually Orinoco/Lucent hardware rebranded, but is fully Mac compatible and works the best. It's what I use at home. My Linksys router and even my Airport Basestation are sitting on the shelf. Does it support AppleTalk? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] gib /jib/: 1. vi. To destroy utterly. Like frag, but much more violent and final. There's no trace left. You definitely gibbed that bug. 2. n. Remnants after total obliteration. Originated first by id software in the game Quake. It's short for giblets (thus pronounced jib), and referred to the bloody remains of slain opponents. Eventually the word was verbed, and leaked into general usage afterward. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
802.11g base units besides AirPort?
I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to get a less expensive option that will let me wander the office and outside area. Ideally it would be something that would work equally well with a 15 PB as well as a Windows XP laptop. If anyone has recommendations, I'd be most appreciative. Thanks TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
Any 802.11g Linksys will work. But it'll have to be configured using the Windoze laptop. After that it act the same as an Airport. N on 3/29/04 10:02 AM, Timothy J. Luoma at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to get a less expensive option that will let me wander the office and outside area. Ideally it would be something that would work equally well with a 15 PB as well as a Windows XP laptop. If anyone has recommendations, I'd be most appreciative. Thanks TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 09:02 AM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to get a less expensive option that will let me wander the office and outside area. Ideally it would be something that would work equally well with a 15 PB as well as a Windows XP laptop. If anyone has recommendations, I'd be most appreciative. Thanks TjL Any 802.11g base from any manufacturer will work. Personally I use Linksys without any problems. 700MHz iBook running 10.2.8 Macs for life! http://homepage.mac.com/nikon80x/Menu2.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
I run a mixed network here as well. I use a US Robotics 802.11g Turbo router. It has 100Mbs capacity, both wired ports and the wireless. Works great. It replaced an SMC Barricade 802.11b router that I had nothing but trouble with. I highly recommend the USR router. Rad... Timothy J. Luoma wrote: I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to get a less expensive option that will let me wander the office and outside area. Ideally it would be something that would work equally well with a 15 PB as well as a Windows XP laptop. If anyone has recommendations, I'd be most appreciative. Thanks TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
One other note, this router is configured via a web browser, so you can config it with a mac. Rad Craig wrote: I run a mixed network here as well. I use a US Robotics 802.11g Turbo router. It has 100Mbs capacity, both wired ports and the wireless. Works great. It replaced an SMC Barricade 802.11b router that I had nothing but trouble with. I highly recommend the USR router. Rad... Timothy J. Luoma wrote: I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to get a less expensive option that will let me wander the office and outside area. Ideally it would be something that would work equally well with a 15 PB as well as a Windows XP laptop. If anyone has recommendations, I'd be most appreciative. Thanks TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
Interesting. I have used Linksys in the past. Have had not great luck with the products but good luck with the support. Configure via web is also interesting. One thing I forgot to mention was important is RANGE. I hope to find one with enough juice to give me a good amount of space to wander, but this depends so much on environmental factors that it is probably hard to compare. Thanks! TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
On Mar 29, 2004, at 8:23 AM, Rad Craig wrote: I run a mixed network here as well. I use a US Robotics 802.11g Turbo router. It has 100Mbs capacity, both wired ports and the wireless. Works great. It replaced an SMC Barricade 802.11b router that I had nothing but trouble with. My SMC Barricade2004 WBR (not sure about the model number) worked fine for a couple of years. When I started having trouble with it and after a couple of weeks off and on with tech support (in India; I had to ask them to repeat themselves several times each time they said something, since I had so much trouble understanding their accent and they tended to talk very fast), SMC said they'd replace the unit. I had looked at their web site and found their newer SMC2804WBR (802.11g) model, and asked how much they'd charge me to upgrade to that model. They gave it to me for free. It's worked fine after initial setup. The only thing I had trouble with was setting up WEP. I did it once, then tried again (after finding out that my old clamshell iBook SE 366 could only use the lower-level WEP, while my Aluminum 15 PowerBook G4 could use 128-bit) and couldn't get it to work. I gave up, since we don't have file sharing on and are so far back from the road that security is almost a non-issue (I have the PowerBook's firewall on, and the iBook is used rarely for a few minutes at a time). Regards, Harry Corsover === Harry Corsover, Independent Business Owner CyberWize: The Home Business Solution Amazing Travel * Health * Tax Benefits http://www.hc.cyberwize.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 877-507-9562 === -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
Lynksys will work, as well as any others. THe biggest problem i've seen is that most of the non-Apple units fail horribly at 1. allowing Appletalk (ie for printing, filesharing, etc), and 2. Apple interfaces.. I did have an SMC unit (dunno who'se chips it runs on) that actually had a set IP# for configuartion, so you could just http: right into it to configure. but it still refused AppleTalk, which meant that I had to manually connect to a printer in order to print. Considering that the cost difference is only about $80, it wasn't worth the hassle of going to a printer to connect, resetting my appletalk , rebooting, and hopefully getting a connection.. And then, I still couldn't do Appletalk filesharing to another Mac on the network because Linksys (as well as most of the others that I looked at) refused to offer routing of Appletalk over the ethernet-wireless bridge. All this hassle just to save $80 on a product I would use EVERY DAY? I don't think so.. I sold the units, then went bought a $149 brand new Airport base station, which works perfectly with everything I have, fully integrated, fully controllable, and hey, it even looks cool. But hey, to each his own : ) In a message dated 3/29/04 11:37:40 AM, you wrote: Interesting. I have used Linksys in the past. Have had not great luck with the products but good luck with the support. Configure via web is also interesting. One thing I forgot to mention was important is RANGE. I hope to find one with enough juice to give me a good amount of space to wander, but this depends so much on environmental factors that it is probably hard to compare. Thanks! TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- --- Headers Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from rly-yg03.mx.aol.com (rly-yg03.mail.aol.com [172.18.180.99]) by air-yg03.mail.aol.com (v98.19) with ESMTP id MAILINYG34-280406842b5392; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:37:39 -0500 Received: from mail.maclaunch.com (mail.maclaunch.com [157.238.133.140]) by rly-yg03.mx.aol.com (v98.5) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYG310-280406842b5392; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:37:25 -0500 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.1.8 List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-ID: G-Books.mail.maclaunch.com List-Archive: http://mail.maclaunch.com:8100/Lists/G-Books/List.html Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: list Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:34:14 -0800 (PST) From: Timothy J. Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Original-Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AOL-IP: 157.238.133.140 X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:XXX:XX X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
I had the same one you had initially, worked about 2 weeks and died, they replaced it. It worked sporadically for the last year, needing to be powered off and back on frequently to keep it working. Then it finally died completely, just out of warranty. That's when I got the USR. I have used USR modems for nearly 15 years, back when 2400 was fast. They have always made outstanding products and this one is no different. Plug'd it in, config'd it and haven't had to mess with it since...the way a router should be. I too had the same experience with the Indian tech support, an experience I am not too happy about...more US jobs lost. Rad... Harry D. Corsover wrote: On Mar 29, 2004, at 8:23 AM, Rad Craig wrote: I run a mixed network here as well. I use a US Robotics 802.11g Turbo router. It has 100Mbs capacity, both wired ports and the wireless. Works great. It replaced an SMC Barricade 802.11b router that I had nothing but trouble with. My SMC Barricade2004 WBR (not sure about the model number) worked fine for a couple of years. When I started having trouble with it and after a couple of weeks off and on with tech support (in India; I had to ask them to repeat themselves several times each time they said something, since I had so much trouble understanding their accent and they tended to talk very fast), SMC said they'd replace the unit. I had looked at their web site and found their newer SMC2804WBR (802.11g) model, and asked how much they'd charge me to upgrade to that model. They gave it to me for free. It's worked fine after initial setup. The only thing I had trouble with was setting up WEP. I did it once, then tried again (after finding out that my old clamshell iBook SE 366 could only use the lower-level WEP, while my Aluminum 15 PowerBook G4 could use 128-bit) and couldn't get it to work. I gave up, since we don't have file sharing on and are so far back from the road that security is almost a non-issue (I have the PowerBook's firewall on, and the iBook is used rarely for a few minutes at a time). Regards, Harry Corsover === Harry Corsover, Independent Business Owner CyberWize: The Home Business Solution Amazing Travel * Health * Tax Benefits http://www.hc.cyberwize.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 877-507-9562 === -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
On 29/03/04 11:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynksys will work, as well as any others. THe biggest problem i've seen is that most of the non-Apple units fail horribly at 1. allowing Appletalk (ie for printing, filesharing, etc), and 2. Apple interfaces.. I did have an SMC unit (dunno who'se chips it runs on) that actually had a set IP# for configuartion, so you could just http: right into it to configure. but it still refused AppleTalk, which meant that I had to manually connect to a printer in order to print. Considering that the cost difference is only about $80, it wasn't worth the hassle of going to a printer to connect, resetting my appletalk , rebooting, and hopefully getting a connection.. And then, I still couldn't do Appletalk filesharing to another Mac on the network because Linksys (as well as most of the others that I looked at) refused to offer routing of Appletalk over the ethernet-wireless bridge. All this hassle just to save $80 on a product I would use EVERY DAY? I don't think so.. I sold the units, then went bought a $149 brand new Airport base station, which works perfectly with everything I have, fully integrated, fully controllable, and hey, it even looks cool. Where did you find a brand new AirPort Base Station for $149? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynksys will work, as well as any others. THe biggest problem i've seen is that most of the non-Apple units fail horribly at 1. allowing Appletalk (ie for printing, filesharing, etc), and 2. Apple interfaces.. Well at work I will be the sole Mac in a Windows network. At home I'll get the AirPort. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
My thoughts on this were that the Apple unit was more compatible and more reliable... You asked about where.. I got my new one from www.wegenermedia.com; they had a clearance on the early dual ethernet units. I just went checked there: they're out of the early units (like I got), but they've got the Extreme stations in right now at $159.99 -- http://www.wegenermedia.com/Airportxtreme.htm. In a message dated 3/29/04 1:40:16 PM, you wrote: All this hassle just to save $80 on a product I would use EVERY DAY? I don't think so.. I sold the units, then went bought a $149 brand new Airport base station, which works perfectly with everything I have, fully integrated, fully controllable, and hey, it even looks cool. Where did you find a brand new AirPort Base Station for $149? -Laurent. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
You can get a refurb from Apple for $169 (without modem and antenna connectors) or $199 with the extras. smiles, Jamie On Mar 29, 2004, at 10:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My thoughts on this were that the Apple unit was more compatible and more reliable... You asked about where.. I got my new one from www.wegenermedia.com; they had a clearance on the early dual ethernet units. I just went checked there: they're out of the early units (like I got), but they've got the Extreme stations in right now at $159.99 -- http://www.wegenermedia.com/Airportxtreme.htm. In a message dated 3/29/04 1:40:16 PM, you wrote: All this hassle just to save $80 on a product I would use EVERY DAY? I don't think so.. I sold the units, then went bought a $149 brand new Airport base station, which works perfectly with everything I have, fully integrated, fully controllable, and hey, it even looks cool. Where did you find a brand new AirPort Base Station for $149? -Laurent. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
For me, ignorance may have been bliss. On Mar 29, 2004, at 9:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynksys will work, as well as any others. THe biggest problem i've seen is that most of the non-Apple units fail horribly at 1. allowing Appletalk (ie for printing, filesharing, etc), and 2. Apple interfaces.. I did have an SMC unit (dunno who'se chips it runs on) that actually had a set IP# for configuartion, so you could just http: right into it to configure. but it still refused AppleTalk, which meant that I had to manually connect to a printer in order to print. Considering that the cost difference is only about $80, it wasn't worth the hassle of going to a printer to connect, resetting my appletalk , rebooting, and hopefully getting a connection.. I never had to do any of this. My LaserJet 2100TN (with Ethernet interface) is plugged into one of the Ethernet ports. I just print to it from any computer on the wireless network. Never had to configure anything on either SMC unit. And then, I still couldn't do Appletalk filesharing to another Mac on the network because Linksys (as well as most of the others that I looked at) refused to offer routing of Appletalk over the ethernet-wireless bridge. File Sharing also just worked. I had no idea whether AppleTalk was being used, and never dealt with IP addresses. All this hassle just to save $80 on a product I would use EVERY DAY? I don't think so.. I sold the units, then went bought a $149 brand new Airport base station, which works perfectly with everything I have, fully integrated, fully controllable, and hey, it even looks cool. But hey, to each his own For me, range was an issue. The SMC has about twice the range of an ABS, and was half the price when I bought it several years ago. For some reason, though, my new PowerBook G4 (with Airport Extreme card) didn't have the same range as my old iBook did with the older SMC unit. The new g unit gave me a bit more range. (I tried every channel, and didn't see any difference on either unit). Regards, Harry Corsover === Harry Corsover, Independent Business Owner CyberWize: The Home Business Solution Amazing Travel * Health * Tax Benefits http://www.hc.cyberwize.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 877-507-9562 === -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
At 7:34 AM -0800 3/29/04, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: Interesting. I have used Linksys in the past. Have had not great luck with the products but good luck with the support. Configure via web is also interesting. One thing I forgot to mention was important is RANGE. I hope to find one with enough juice to give me a good amount of space to wander, but this depends so much on environmental factors that it is probably hard to compare. Unless you find an independent review that tested for range you pretty much can't tell squat about the range. They all tend to quote the standard figures for 802.11b/g. Even if you find a useful review it will only be good for relative range, your actual range will depend on your network card, intervening walls etc and ambient interference (wireless phones and other 802.11 systems). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
Let me chime in perhaps late with nothing but good about the Buffalo brand available from CompUSA. I have 2 of these primarily for my ReplayTV units, but I also connect with my 802.11g PC card with my older TiBook. Rather easy to set up and work very well for me. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
On 3/29/04 9:25 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Let me chime in perhaps late with nothing but good about the Buffalo brand available from CompUSA. I have 2 of these primarily for my ReplayTV units, but I also connect with my 802.11g PC card with my older TiBook. Rather easy to set up and work very well for me. I second this recommendation. Buffalo stuff is the best. It is actually Orinoco/Lucent hardware rebranded, but is fully Mac compatible and works the best. It's what I use at home. My Linksys router and even my Airport Basestation are sitting on the shelf. -- Kyle H. Hansen It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?
Kyle Hansen wrote: On 3/29/04 9:25 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Let me chime in perhaps late with nothing but good about the Buffalo brand available from CompUSA. I have 2 of these primarily for my ReplayTV units, but I also connect with my 802.11g PC card with my older TiBook. Rather easy to set up and work very well for me. I second this recommendation. Buffalo stuff is the best. It is actually Orinoco/Lucent hardware rebranded, but is fully Mac compatible and works the best. It's what I use at home. My Linksys router and even my Airport Basestation are sitting on the shelf. Where does one get info on this Buffalo stuff? The closest CUSA to me is 2hrs+away.. I may be in the market for a replacement very soon for a new base station to replace my graphite ABS..It is dropping connections every 20 minutes or so...just started out of the blue today...Is that a symptom of the capacitor failure that I remember hearing about a while back??? Any other obvious symptoms of imminent base station failure?? Regards, Mike K -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
