Airport Question (again)
Hi Y'all... I have an Airport problem. Recently, I put an original Airport card in my iBook (G3/500 - Dual USB). Worked fine under Panther and after upgrading to Tiger, it still performed flawlessly. This afternoon, I reset the Power manager in an attempt to squeeze a bit more life out of an old battery. That failed and when I rebooted the computer, I had no internet connection. According to MacStumbler, I have a good connection to the wireless router (and a few others) but any attempt to access a web page fails with the message I'm not connected to the internet. I'm pretty lost here. Any suggestions on where to start? Thanks, Amanda -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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The truly amazing thing is the actual stupidity you come across in this PC dominated world when it comes to Mac Networking. Back when I used PC's I used a wired network and I was really new to networking back then. I even took a course on it at a local community college. With that under my belt and a couple of texts to refer to, I went at it. I bought my routers and all of my cat 5 cables and then the PC's still wouldn't cooperate. One would see some but others wouldn't see others. It took me weeks to finally get it to where I finally have everybody able to share files and printers. When I was able to afford a Windows NT server, that helped quite a bit. Then I made the switch in 2001 and started going over to wireless, obvious choice was wireless and networking has never been so easy. Using only Apple hardware probably has made it a lot easier on me than using 2nd and 3rd party equipment. Everything works right out of the box and works with little to no configuration. As far as wireless networking, Apple the top of the line. I would not consider using anything else. Tim On Dec 24, 2005, at 8:44 PM, Concetta Z wrote: Reminds me of when I went to Staples, and asked a salesperson about setting up a wireless network between a PC and a Mac. They didn't know, so they called over a higher up, who told me it could not be done. I got a Linksys WRT54G (not from Staples), installed an Airport extreme card, called Linksys tech support and very soon after, Voilà, the impossible was actually quite easy, even for a tech- impaired person like me. Concetta On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really don't want Mac users buying their product. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- Exterminate all rational thought. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Airport Question
Reminds me of when I went to Staples, and asked a salesperson about setting up a wireless network between a PC and a Mac. They didn't know, so they called over a higher up, who told me it could not be done. I got a Linksys WRT54G (not from Staples), installed an Airport extreme card, called Linksys tech support and very soon after, Voilà, the impossible was actually quite easy, even for a tech-impaired person like me. Concetta On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really don't want Mac users buying their product. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On Dec 22, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: Generally routers works fine for both PC and Mac but manufacturers had the habit of putting in their box that product works ok with Windows -- XP etc and no mention that it works ok with Mac. Perhaps they are not targeting Mac users as their clients. Clem I suspect they are just catering to the rubes that need a little picture to assure them that the product works with what they are running. I've yet to see a little hardware box with a Linux character on it but networking hardware would be perfectly happy there. So I think it could actually be a point of personal pride that the routers I buy don't need to be sold to folks who need pictures of their OS to prove compatibility. At any rate the works with tags on hardware are little more than stupidity honey. I've even seen mice and keyboards with little Windows flags on them that care not a jot what OS they're talking to. But there are surely some manufacturers who go the extra distance to invite Mac users to the table. Buffalo does that, as does LaCie. And I think I've seen more fried routers than any other type of hardware except perhaps hard drives or laptop screens. Routers get hot for some reason. They tend to break. John -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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I do agree with you, there. I know that I use Linux and OS X for most of what I do, but it's really a pain to have to jump through hoops to configure a router. Now, I agree with your condescending outlook on such things, but there are some things that I'd like to be able to see a picture of my OS on the box, so I know it works. I have an old HP Scanjet that refuses to work under any Mac OS. Of course, I knew that, simply because it's my grandpa's old scanner that he replaced when it wouldn't work on his new mini. Mice and keyboards are totally different from a wireless card or a router, as far as I'm concerned. Personally, I tend to look at the table of compatibility on the box, as it's usually more accurate than the pictures... For the record, I do have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse with the ugly little Windows logo on the keyboard where the option key should be... Caleb P.S. Don't take this seriously and please don't take offense, but you might like to try putting the router in the freezer. That'll cool it down... :) CSC On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 02:02 America/Chicago, John Siple wrote: On Dec 22, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: Generally routers works fine for both PC and Mac but manufacturers had the habit of putting in their box that product works ok with Windows -- XP etc and no mention that it works ok with Mac. Perhaps they are not targeting Mac users as their clients. Clem I suspect they are just catering to the rubes that need a little picture to assure them that the product works with what they are running. I've yet to see a little hardware box with a Linux character on it but networking hardware would be perfectly happy there. So I think it could actually be a point of personal pride that the routers I buy don't need to be sold to folks who need pictures of their OS to prove compatibility. At any rate the works with tags on hardware are little more than stupidity honey. I've even seen mice and keyboards with little Windows flags on them that care not a jot what OS they're talking to. But there are surely some manufacturers who go the extra distance to invite Mac users to the table. Buffalo does that, as does LaCie. And I think I've seen more fried routers than any other type of hardware except perhaps hard drives or laptop screens. Routers get hot for some reason. They tend to break. John -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Plain simple truth of the matter is that Apple designed their Airport base stations and the Airport Express to work with your Mac. The Airport Setup software is designed to set it up in just a few simple steps that rarely even require referring to the enclosed documentation. Whether you use an original Airport Card or an Airport Extreme or for that matter a third party card, setup is a truly simple thing to do. I do not have any experience with Linksys or D-Link but I did make the mistake of buying a Netgear as my first attempt at wireless networking. I had all of my Macs equipped with Airport Extreme cards and one with an original card. I took the Netgear wireless router out of the box and read through the manual and everything seemed straight forward. I got the first Mac connected but that's as far as I got. None of the others would connect. Of course the Netgear instructions assumed that I had PC's but it should still work the same as for the first Macbut no. I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. After several attempts and failures, I said thank you and hung up. I packed everything up and returned the router to CompUSA where I bought it. I went over and got the Airport base station that I should have gotten, brought it home and set it up myself. All done in about 15 minutes without having to call anybody. I've extended the reach of my signal (didn't really have to, but it made me feel better) by buying 2 Airport Express and distributing them around the other end of the house. Adding them to the network was also simple and I didn't need to call any tech support line. And, my network isn't a straight-forward Mac setup either, I'll describe below (sorry for the length of this post, but I want to make my point): Cable modem to Airport Basestation Konica-Minolta Laser Network Printer connected to base station Mac #1 G5 Dual 2 gig with Airport Extreme Card--Location Office with the basestation Mac #2 G4 Dual 1 gig with Sonnet Aria Extreme PCI card (shows up as an Airport card)--Location Office with the basestation Mac #3 G3 Blue White 450 mhz with Sonnet Aria Extreme PCI card-- Location Office with the basestation Mac #4 G3 Blue White 400 mhz connected to Airport Express via ethernet--Location Kitchen, Airport Express also shares printer and set of speakers Mac #5 G4 iBook 1.3 gig 14 inch mostly used in Family room served by another Airport Express which shares a printer and speakers--it can roam anywhere in the house without losing it's connection Computer # 6 Dell Insiron 9300 17 inch with Centrino processor mostly used in Family room but can also roam anywhere in the house without losing a connection So, on my simple Wireless network, I have access to 1 laser printer and 2 inkjet printers and 2 sets of speakers (1 is my home stereo system, the other just a simple setup with a sub-woofer). All of the Macs can share files, nobody ever drops off, unless they're asleep. The PC plays nicely although we had to play around and tweak Norton a bit. Plus the whole network is protected with WEP 128 encryption. Tim On Dec 23, 2005, at 1:40 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: That's what I was getting at. Plus, as far as my bespectacled eyes can tell, the box says Designed for Microsoft Windows XP on most, if not all of their products. That's enough to make me look the other way. No blue X = not buying... Caleb On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 00:12 America/Chicago, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/12/05 00:52, themacuser at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh? Their routers all seem to have web-config and they're all 802.11, so I don't see how it can not be mac-friendly. I havent used one yet though, so correct me if I am wrong. As long as you don't need their support, you're fine. But if you ever need to call them and tell them that you're using it with a Macintosh, they will almost hang up on you. FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not wireless, though. YMMV... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really don't want Mac users buying their product. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last because someday you'll be right. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Hi all if that is so then why does mac format give it 4.5 out of 5 as a mac router and it only dropped the .5 % because of the price even thought they are, roughly 30% cheaper that the airport base stations. I think That it is each to there own on the router side and what works for some may not work for others. My experience of routers is Netgear all the way. So who ever the original poster was you need to look at all the options, check the prices see what you understand, then see what you can afford if there is a router that is new that falls into both then go for that one. if not then wait until there is. vicki I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really don't want Mac users buying their product. -- Alan Miller -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Ouch. Sounds like a bad business strategy, as far as I'm concerned. Even Microsoft admits that Mac users make up a large chunk of their profits... Caleb On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 07:12 America/Chicago, Alan Miller wrote: On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really don't want Mac users buying their product. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last because someday you'll be right. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not wireless, though Just to weigh in with another user's results. I was given a wired Linksys BEFSR41 Router, v.3; firmware version 1.05.00, by a friend who replaced it with a new ABS. I don't know how long he had it, but it's been on since he gave to me over a year ago and it has been trouble free. I find routers rather complex what with the multitude of items that can be tinkered with and changed and for others who feel the same way, I strongly urge you to bookmark the site: http://www.portforward.com/ This is from their home page: PortForward.com is proud to offer help setting up port forwarding on your router or firewall. Many Internet users are not aware of how to configure their router or firewall in order to use applications like Peer-to-Peer file sharing (PtoP), Internet Games, Web serving, FTP serving, WebCams, IRC DDC, and Instant Messaging such as AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and MS Messenger. Our Routers section offers detailed walkthroughs on how to setup port forwarding. These how to guides make it easy to setup your router or firewall for any application you may need. Routers can be tough to configure. Our Help and FAQ page gives general tips and definitions. These can help if you can't connect to your router, or are unsure of some of the terms on this page. If you do not know exactly what you are doing or are having problems, Start Here. Try our Common Ports ports page if you need to know what ports are required by a commonly used software application. We will be adding more to this section soon! If you would like to submit ports used by a common software application, please send that information to us using our Comments page. bob -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Oh, I've been told that before. Like with BellSouth DSL, after one of their outages and my modem appeared fully connected yet wouldn't allow mail or safari to connect, they blamed the Mac and said it wasn't compatible with their system and it was my fault. If I would only use Internet Explorer I'd have no problems. Of course a few short hours later, all was working fineseems like one of their servers got ALL of it's services up and functioning or something like that, at least that was their explanation for the problem. After that, I cancelled service with them and started using my cable company. What a difference! And there have been similar incidents. Tim On Dec 23, 2005, at 9:37 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Ouch. Sounds like a bad business strategy, as far as I'm concerned. Even Microsoft admits that Mac users make up a large chunk of their profits... Caleb On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 07:12 America/Chicago, Alan Miller wrote: On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really don't want Mac users buying their product. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last because someday you'll be right. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- Exterminate all rational thought. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On Dec 22, 2005, at 1:41 AM, Clark Martin wrote: Your iBook can only take an original Airport card (802.11b) so stick with a b router unless there is something else that might go wireless. Don't worry about the future, by then a g (or n, x, y or z) router will likely be cheaper than what a b is now. You probably won't find any routers that are just 802.11b - g is pretty much the standard and compatible with the Airport card in your iBook. n is becoming the new standard but isn't 'standard' yet. I steer people away from Linksys, I've heard bad things about their reliability and features. D-Link seems okay as is Netgear. Oh boy do I agree here. We completely stopped carrying Linksys products this year due to their flaky wireless routers. We recommend Netgear highly as well as Apples Airport stations for the technophobes. The airport station is one of those areas where Apple deserves its reputation for high price - they are very high priced compared to other wireless stations. But there is something to be said for one stop support. There is nothing worse then getting stuck on the Support Merry Go Round of - you'll need to talk to Apple about that problem - you'll need to talk to XYZ about that problem. I'd also recommend just powering the unit up, plugging it into your network and then trying it out with your iBook. But do be sure to turn security on soon afterwards. cheers david -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Not trying to be contrary here, but I am very pleased with Linksys. I installed Airport Express in my iBook and I bought one of their 802.11g routers a while back and set up a wireless network in our house, talked through by great customer service - and it was a network between my Mac and my mom's PC, on opposite sides of the house. Both these procedures were surprisingly easy for someone as technically challenged as I am. Everything works great. I have had to call them again (I'm sure my mom's PC was the culprit) and they led me step-by-step to the solution to that problem. I couldn't ask for more from Linksys. Concetta I steer people away from Linksys, I've heard bad things about their reliability and features. D-Link seems okay as is Netgear. Oh boy do I agree here. We completely stopped carrying Linksys products this year due to their flaky wireless routers. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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The big issue with Linksys is that they're not very Mac friendly. That's just my humble opinion, based on the lack of Mac-compatible offerings they have... Caleb On Thursday, Dec 22, 2005, at 23:25 America/Chicago, Concetta Z wrote: Not trying to be contrary here, but I am very pleased with Linksys. I installed Airport Express in my iBook and I bought one of their 802.11g routers a while back and set up a wireless network in our house, talked through by great customer service - and it was a network between my Mac and my mom's PC, on opposite sides of the house. Both these procedures were surprisingly easy for someone as technically challenged as I am. Everything works great. I have had to call them again (I'm sure my mom's PC was the culprit) and they led me step-by-step to the solution to that problem. I couldn't ask for more from Linksys. Concetta I steer people away from Linksys, I've heard bad things about their reliability and features. D-Link seems okay as is Netgear. Oh boy do I agree here. We completely stopped carrying Linksys products this year due to their flaky wireless routers. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Huh? Their routers all seem to have web-config and they're all 802.11, so I don't see how it can not be mac-friendly. I havent used one yet though, so correct me if I am wrong. On 23/12/2005, at 4:01 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: The big issue with Linksys is that they're not very Mac friendly. That's just my humble opinion, based on the lack of Mac-compatible offerings they have... Caleb On Thursday, Dec 22, 2005, at 23:25 America/Chicago, Concetta Z wrote: Not trying to be contrary here, but I am very pleased with Linksys. I installed Airport Express in my iBook and I bought one of their 802.11g routers a while back and set up a wireless network in our house, talked through by great customer service - and it was a network between my Mac and my mom's PC, on opposite sides of the house. Both these procedures were surprisingly easy for someone as technically challenged as I am. Everything works great. I have had to call them again (I'm sure my mom's PC was the culprit) and they led me step-by-step to the solution to that problem. I couldn't ask for more from Linksys. Concetta I steer people away from Linksys, I've heard bad things about their reliability and features. D-Link seems okay as is Netgear. Oh boy do I agree here. We completely stopped carrying Linksys products this year due to their flaky wireless routers. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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on 23/12/05 00:52, themacuser at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh? Their routers all seem to have web-config and they're all 802.11, so I don't see how it can not be mac-friendly. I havent used one yet though, so correct me if I am wrong. As long as you don't need their support, you're fine. But if you ever need to call them and tell them that you're using it with a Macintosh, they will almost hang up on you. FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not wireless, though. YMMV... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Murphy's Law: prov. The correct, _original_ Murphy's Law reads: If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it. This is a principle of defensive design, cited here because it is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for lusers. Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the U.S. Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances. One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject quoted at a news conference a few days later. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on Anything that can go wrong, will; this is correctly referred to as Finagle's Law. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Strange though, I've had people swear by Linksys routers and say Netgear ones suck... I have already ordered a linksys ADSL2 ethernet router when I signed up to internode... hope it works... On 23/12/2005, at 4:42 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/12/05 00:52, themacuser at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh? Their routers all seem to have web-config and they're all 802.11, so I don't see how it can not be mac-friendly. I havent used one yet though, so correct me if I am wrong. As long as you don't need their support, you're fine. But if you ever need to call them and tell them that you're using it with a Macintosh, they will almost hang up on you. FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not wireless, though. YMMV... -Laurent. -- == == Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp:// nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Murphy's Law: prov. The correct, _original_ Murphy's Law reads: If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it. This is a principle of defensive design, cited here because it is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for lusers. Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the U.S. Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances. One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject quoted at a news conference a few days later. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on Anything that can go wrong, will; this is correctly referred to as Finagle's Law. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Airport Question
That's what I was getting at. Plus, as far as my bespectacled eyes can tell, the box says Designed for Microsoft Windows XP on most, if not all of their products. That's enough to make me look the other way. No blue X = not buying... Caleb On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 00:12 America/Chicago, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/12/05 00:52, themacuser at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh? Their routers all seem to have web-config and they're all 802.11, so I don't see how it can not be mac-friendly. I havent used one yet though, so correct me if I am wrong. As long as you don't need their support, you're fine. But if you ever need to call them and tell them that you're using it with a Macintosh, they will almost hang up on you. FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not wireless, though. YMMV... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Generally routers works fine for both PC and Mac but manufacturers had the habit of putting in their box that product works ok with Windows -- XP etc and no mention that it works ok with Mac. Perhaps they are not targeting Mac users as their clients. Clem On Dec 22, 2005, at 10:40 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: That's what I was getting at. Plus, as far as my bespectacled eyes can tell, the box says Designed for Microsoft Windows XP on most, if not all of their products. That's enough to make me look the other way. No blue X = not buying... Caleb On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 00:12 America/Chicago, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/12/05 00:52, themacuser at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh? Their routers all seem to have web-config and they're all 802.11, so I don't see how it can not be mac-friendly. I havent used one yet though, so correct me if I am wrong. As long as you don't need their support, you're fine. But if you ever need to call them and tell them that you're using it with a Macintosh, they will almost hang up on you. FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not wireless, though. YMMV... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Airport Question
Hi All, I've decided to go wireless with my iBook-500, but I don't have a base unit yet. Just put an Airport (original) card in my 'Book and it works fine... seems someone is running an open wireless network nearby! :) Anyway... I went window shopping for equipment over the weekend and was amazed at what is available. Thus my question. Having an old Airport card, is there any equipment I should stay away from? I mean, I assume an older Airport base would work and the Airport control panel says I'm accessing either a netgear or linksys network. Would these work as well? And what of 802.11b vs 802.11g? I'm pretty comfortable with wired networks, but there's a =steep= learning curve for wireless. Thanks for any advice! Amanda -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Hi Amanda I use a netgear wgt624 108mbps wireless router without problem. The router is very easy to set up and i have no troubles connecting a couple of laptops and a couple of desktops all via airport or wireless connections. It lets my mini connect at the full 54mbps airport extreme and my G4 tower and powerbook connect at 11mbps 802.11b speed via internal airport cards. I also use a 2400 with an old dell truemobile card in using the orinoco drivers and that connects problem free. The only problem i have is when my mother in law come over with her windows laptop i have to turn off the security i have so she can access it as the card she uses does not support the same level encryption as i use for the macs. vicki On Dec 22, 2005, at 6:23 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All, I've decided to go wireless with my iBook-500, but I don't have a base unit yet. Just put an Airport (original) card in my 'Book and it works fine... seems someone is running an open wireless network nearby! :) Anyway... I went window shopping for equipment over the weekend and was amazed at what is available. Thus my question. Having an old Airport card, is there any equipment I should stay away from? I mean, I assume an older Airport base would work and the Airport control panel says I'm accessing either a netgear or linksys network. Would these work as well? And what of 802.11b vs 802.11g? I'm pretty comfortable with wired networks, but there's a =steep= learning curve for wireless. Thanks for any advice! Amanda -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Airport Question
At 10:23 PM -0800 12/21/05, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All, I've decided to go wireless with my iBook-500, but I don't have a base unit yet. Just put an Airport (original) card in my 'Book and it works fine... seems someone is running an open wireless network nearby! :) Anyway... I went window shopping for equipment over the weekend and was amazed at what is available. Thus my question. Having an old Airport card, is there any equipment I should stay away from? I mean, I assume an older Airport base would work and the Airport control panel says I'm accessing either a netgear or linksys network. Would these work as well? And what of 802.11b vs 802.11g? I'm pretty comfortable with wired networks, but there's a =steep= learning curve for wireless. Best thing is to start with the simplest setup, no encryption and use all the defaults except the SSID name. Get it working and then keep activating the features you want. The one thing I always suggest is to survey the wireless environment. Download MacStumbler and run it. It will tell you what channels are in use and how strong the signal is. Pick a channel that is as little used as you can. A common mistake people make is to buy the router and just use all the defaults. This often means several routers are on the same channel in a given area. That is a great way to kill range. The other thing is leaving the default SSID. I've done some war driving and found a large percentage of routers are operating on their default settings, or most of them. Your iBook can only take an original Airport card (802.11b) so stick with a b router unless there is something else that might go wireless. Don't worry about the future, by then a g (or n, x, y or z) router will likely be cheaper than what a b is now. I steer people away from Linksys, I've heard bad things about their reliability and features. D-Link seems okay as is Netgear. I'm using a Motorola g but that is because it's rather full featured including some unusual features I needed. I've got a Belkin which is okay if slightly flakey. They did do a rather hare brained thing on another router, it redirected web URLs to some other site (they gave up on that fast). My SMC works okay but it's range isn't as good as either the Belkin or Motorola. Airports are good but they aren't cheap. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Airport Question
Hi All, I'm looking for a wireless card for my G3 icebook. I know that I'm pretty much limited to the original (and pricey) Apple card and that's okay. But... will the Apple card work with non-apple base stations? I can find like, Linksys and D-Link cheaper than the corresponding Apple Products. Any thoughts? Thanks, Amanda -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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yes, they should. i have 2 regulars and 1 extreme working flawlessly
with the wifi dsl modem that my provider uses. it is a 2wire brand. my
aunt has the same modem with an extreme, a belkin pcmcia card on a
lombard and a windoze machine. all work well, no problems so far knock
on wood {grin}
g
On Apr 13, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Amanda Ward wrote:
Hi All,
I'm looking for a wireless card for my G3 icebook. I know that I'm
pretty
much limited to the original (and pricey) Apple card and that's okay.
But...
will the Apple card work with non-apple base stations? I can find like,
Linksys and D-Link cheaper than the corresponding Apple Products.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Amanda
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Re: Airport Question
Is true that PC card wireless cards are cheaper and easier to find than Airport cards. I too have an Airport in my iBook G3 900. It's important to understand that the protocol used to communicate over a network is TCP/IP and wireless 802.11b/g. These protocols are not platform specific. To give you an idea, let's use my home network as an example. I have a cable modem, Linksys Wireless B router, two Mac desktops running wired to the router; one iBook with Airport, and one Win XP laptop with a Linksys wireless B PC card. The standard of communications wirelessly is 802.11b. The router doesn't care if it's an iBook running OS X or Win XP with any wireless PC card. iBooks don't have a PC card slot, so a PC card wireless card is not an option. There are very few PC cards that do work with Macs. They only work with PowerBooks since they have PC card slots in them. I prefer Linksys over D-link for quality and trouble free usage. When you get the router don't bother running any install programs (probably won't have an installer for Mac anyway) since they are not needed. Each router has a way for the router to be accessed through a web page interface. You'll see directions for that in the manual. This is important because you will want to lock down your wireless network with a WEP to keep folks from using your wireless signal to surf w/o your knowledge. --- Amanda Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'm looking for a wireless card for my G3 icebook. I know that I'm pretty much limited to the original (and pricey) Apple card and that's okay. But... will the Apple card work with non-apple base stations? I can find like, Linksys and D-Link cheaper than the corresponding Apple Products. Any thoughts? Thanks, Amanda __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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kochkodin wrote: Quick question for the list I am using the original graphite base station and original airport card in this Pismo and my imac SE 400 (graphite)...Also hooked into the system is my son's Dell w/a wireless card...All working perfectly...My other son is now home with his Gateway and we can't seem to get the system to allow the network to allow the gateway to transmit/receive the signal...When it does see the network, it will not allow anything to be connected..We had this same problem when adding the Dell but somehow got it to work perfectly..My son asked about replacing the Airport w/ a new PC base station and some other type of wireless card...OBviously I would prefer to keep the current setup...Any odeas about what needs to be done to get the Airport network to see/work with the Gateway??? Regards and TIA, Mike K The original attempt to add the Gateway was using a Netgear(?yellow box) card in the Gateway...Just wouldn't work at all...After getting a Belkin card for the Gway..It worked automatically!!! It seems that it is a true plug'n play..At any rate..the wireles network consists of the graphite airport base, an iMac SE 400 (graphite) and a Pismo 400..both with the original airport cards (both on 10.3.6) and a 1 yr old Gateway and a 6mo. old Dell (Both XP Home)..All these run into my Verizon DSL. Anyway..now I need to see if the new HP Printer/copier/scanner combo unit can be added to the airport network since all 4 systems are in different rooms/levels of the house...Any ideas??? Regards and Thanks for the earlier suggestions from the group!!! 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 ---
Re: airport question/assistance needed
Quick question for the list I am using the original graphite base station and original airport card in this Pismo and my imac SE 400 (graphite)...Also hooked into the system is my son's Dell w/a wireless card...All working perfectly...My other son is now home with his Gateway and we can't seem to get the system to allow the network to allow the gateway to transmit/receive the signal...When it does see the network, it will not allow anything to be connected..We had this same problem when adding the Dell but somehow got it to work perfectly..My son asked about replacing the Airport w/ a new PC base station and some other type of wireless card...OBviously I would prefer to keep the current setup...Any odeas about what needs to be done to get the Airport network to see/work with the Gateway??? Regards and TIA, Mike K Maybe you've set the network up in a way that restricts access based on MAC address (that is a unique hardware MAChine address, that all network devices, wired or wireless have)? If so, you'd have to use the Airport Admin Utility to enter your son's wireless card's address as a legitimate one - click on the Access control tab. Luis Sequeira -- 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: airport question/assistance needed
At 6:04 PM -0500 11/25/04, kochkodin wrote: Quick question for the list I am using the original graphite base station and original airport card in this Pismo and my imac SE 400 (graphite)...Also hooked into the system is my son's Dell w/a wireless card...All working perfectly...My other son is now home with his Gateway and we can't seem to get the system to allow the network to allow the gateway to transmit/receive the signal...When it does see the network, it will not allow anything to be connected..We had this same problem when adding the Dell but somehow got it to work perfectly..My son asked about replacing the Airport w/ a new PC base station and some other type of wireless card...OBviously I would prefer to keep the current setup...Any odeas about what needs to be done to get the Airport network to see/work with the Gateway??? Regards and TIA, Mike K Mike, you're going at it the wrong way. They should replace both the Dell the Gateway with Powerbooks. The bottom line is that it is YOUR network and your sons are guests on it. They should not ask that you change your equipment to inferior equipment just because they made the bad choices and bought inferior systems. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. -- 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: airport question/assistance needed
At 04:02 PM -0800 11/26/2004, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 6:04 PM -0500 11/25/04, kochkodin wrote: Any odeas about what needs to be done to get the Airport network to see/work with the Gateway??? Mike, you're going at it the wrong way. They should replace both the Dell the Gateway with Powerbooks. Yea, what Dennis said. And 1) Check Apple's kbase for info. There's some Airport-PC stuff there. 2) Tell your son to call his Gateway tech support and/or Microsoft to ask them for the proper settings. Its their hardware/software that's plug'n'play afterall. 3) What Dennis said. 4) Goto 3. - Dan. //Friends don't let friends use Windows.// -- 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: airport question/assistance needed
In a message dated 11/25/2004 8:37:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, kochkodin@verizon.net writes: .My other son is now home with his Gateway and we can't seem to get the system to allow the network to allow the gateway to transmit/receive the signal...When it does see the network, it will not allow anything to be connected.. Okay; I am assuming that your son's Gateway has a 802.11b card? What brand? Or is his connection internal, or USB? How does he connect at school? Craig W. Atlanta, GA Power corrupts. Absolute power's a blast. - John Fund -- 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 ---
airport question/assistance needed
Quick question for the list I am using the original graphite base station and original airport card in this Pismo and my imac SE 400 (graphite)...Also hooked into the system is my son's Dell w/a wireless card...All working perfectly...My other son is now home with his Gateway and we can't seem to get the system to allow the network to allow the gateway to transmit/receive the signal...When it does see the network, it will not allow anything to be connected..We had this same problem when adding the Dell but somehow got it to work perfectly..My son asked about replacing the Airport w/ a new PC base station and some other type of wireless card...OBviously I would prefer to keep the current setup...Any odeas about what needs to be done to get the Airport network to see/work with the Gateway??? Regards and TIA, 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 ---
Re: airport question/assistance needed
on 25/11/04 18:04, kochkodin at kochkodin@verizon.net wrote: Quick question for the list I am using the original graphite base station and original airport card in this Pismo and my imac SE 400 (graphite)...Also hooked into the system is my son's Dell w/a wireless card...All working perfectly...My other son is now home with his Gateway and we can't seem to get the system to allow the network to allow the gateway to transmit/receive the signal...When it does see the network, it will not allow anything to be connected..We had this same problem when adding the Dell but somehow got it to work perfectly..My son asked about replacing the Airport w/ a new PC base station and some other type of wireless card...OBviously I would prefer to keep the current setup...Any odeas about what needs to be done to get the Airport network to see/work with the Gateway??? FYI, I've tried to get a Dell Latitude working with my Snow Base station and after wasting a few evenings of troubleshooting, I gave up. In my case, there is no way I'm going to replace my ABS. If a computer cannot connect to my network without any fuss, then it's probably better that way... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bug-compatible adj.: [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as apath separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0. -- 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: Basic Airport Question
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Stephen Bright wrote: If you want to connect your pbook to the internet and the ethernet network (of 2 computers and a printer) is it better to connect the Base Station to the cable modem through the WAN port, or to connect the network to the Base Station via the lAN port. You need to connect the Base Station to the cable modem through the WAN port. Otherwise the stateful firewall rules, NAT, etc. will be operating on the wrong interface. Currently I have the base station connected to the cable modem through the WAN port, and all computers see the internet, but not each other. Thanks, Then something's broken. Supply details. KeS -- 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: Basic Airport Question
I have not found the enable Ethernet Bridging in the 10.2.3 utility (version 3.0). Could you please direct me to it? Thanks. Stephen -- 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: Basic Airport Question
Something is broken. Supply Details. It is an Airport Extreme base station, running 10.2.3/9.2. Another symptom is the Pismo can send and receive email fine via Airport regular, and the computer on the network can receive but not send email to any other domain other than it's own (rr). Stephen -- 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: Basic Airport Question
On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 05:21 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote: Do you have the box enable Ethernet Bridging in the AirPort admin utility checked? AFAIK, this option is not available on dual-ethernet Airport base stations -- the presence of two ethernet ports makes Bridging academic. -- 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: Basic Airport Question
On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 05:52 PM, Stephen Bright wrote: It is an Airport Extreme base station, running 10.2.3/9.2. Another symptom is the Pismo can send and receive email fine via Airport regular, and the computer on the network can receive but not send email to any other domain other than it's own (rr). some networks restrict SMTP in a number of ways. the machines that cannot send email may be sending through a service that doesn't allow email to be sent through it from other domains. For instance, my work email must be sent through the work email server while I'm physically in the office. -- 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: Basic Airport Question
Then something's broken. I went out to dinner and now everything is working properly! It is funny how sometimes doing nothing can accomplish what 5 hours of changing settings and rebooting failed to do. Thanks all, Stephen -- 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: airport question
Do you connect to a dial up modem with the Lucent card? Explain how as I have a PB G3 wallstreet series and would like to see about going wirless to get on the internet. Thanks, Byron on 7/26/02 4:49 PM, Robert Easton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Lucent card in a G3 and I used it to do everything. For that matter, I don't know if you could use a non-Airport PCMCIA 802.11b card in a Powerbook to run the Airport config, either. KeS -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: airport question
I'm not certain that this is even technically correct. When I got my wife's Airport-equipped iBook and a Base Station, I had trouble getting the iBook to see the Station wirelessly, so I configured it via the ethernet connection on my non-Airport PowerBook and it works just fine now. I can't imagine why you'd want a Base without something with a card (except to act as an expensive router) but in my experience it's quite doable. You are correct. You can even use two base stations to connect two parts of a building together without cabling. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web / Internet Services http://coleman-web.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (612) 378-7901 Get your email address through lemlists.com for only $5/year. http://lemlists.com/email/ -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: airport question
--- Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not true. The only requirement for an Airport *STATION* is that you have an Airport *CARD* equipped Mac to configure it with. The only requirement for an Airport *CARD* is that the Mac have an Airport slot to put it in. On Friday, July 26, 2002, at 07:04 , Jeff Lentz wrote: I'm not certain that this is even technically correct. When I got my wife's Airport-equipped iBook and a Base Station, I had trouble getting the iBook to see the Station wirelessly, so I configured it via the ethernet connection on my non-Airport PowerBook and it works just fine now. I can't imagine why you'd want a Base without something with a card (except to act as an expensive router) but in my experience it's quite doable. - Jeff Lentz Ok, my bad. I was going by Apple's page on the Airport base station. To answer your question, probably the most common scenario would be that the base station was being redeployed in an all-PC environment. For that matter, I don't know if you could use a non-Airport PCMCIA 802.11b card in a Powerbook to run the Airport config, either. KeS -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
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I was reading the specs on an Airport station and think it was telling me that a G4 was required. True? Can I not use Airport on my G3 Lombard? Willi -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: airport question
Not only do I used my with my G3 Powerbook, but also my Powerbook 3400. Ralph Plumb wrote: I use mine with my G3 ibook and my G3 imac. Ralph On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 05:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was reading the specs on an Airport station and think it was telling me that a G4 was required. True? Can I not use Airport on my G3 Lombard? Willi -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: airport question
My mom has a lucent card in her G3 that hooks up to her Base station ... only problem ... no OSX software. On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 05:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was reading the specs on an Airport station and think it was telling me that a G4 was required. True? Can I not use Airport on my G3 Lombard? Willi -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: airport question
Actually, not true. They have a version out for Windows. You can use airport with a PC even. The administrator app you use to set it up only runs on Mac OSes as listed above. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web / Internet Services http://coleman-web.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (612) 378-7901 Get your email address through lemlists.com for only $5/year. http://lemlists.com/email/ -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
