Re: Connecting two AirPort cards
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 10:03 PM, Eric D. wrote: Hello, another question about PowerBooks and wireless: (a) can two AirPort cards talk to each other, or do they need an Airport Base Station? (b) can two of any other PCMCIA wireless cards talk to each other, or do they too need the (equivalent to a) Base Station? (c) can Airport and non-Airport 802.11b or 802.11g cards co-exist on an Airport wireless network? (d) has anyone figured out how to get non-Apple cards into the airport slot? There is a report on www.Macintouch.com (I think that's where I saw it... maybe it was on dealmac.com's discussion forums (it was today I saw it)) that said it was possible to get a non-Apple card working in the Airport slot (it just didn't fit properly) -- the Mac OS supposedly recognised it as an Airport card. Eric. (a) No airport base is required to allow 2 computers to connect (b) Ditto other manufacturers offerings (c) 802.11b absolutely. 802.11g is iffy, since it is very new there may be some early compatibility problems with different brands that will be resolved over time. (d) good luck. JimS. -- 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: Connecting two AirPort cards
On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 04:03 AM, Eric D. wrote: (d) has anyone figured out how to get non-Apple cards into the airport slot? There is a report on www.Macintouch.com (I think that's where I saw it... maybe it was on dealmac.com's discussion forums (it was today I saw it)) that said it was possible to get a non-Apple card working in the Airport slot (it just didn't fit properly) -- the Mac OS supposedly recognised it as an Airport card. Eric. I think there may have been something on XLR8YourMac about this, but I didn't pay too much attention to it. Why do you need to do this? Have you got something else in the PC card slot? I've put a Linksys 802.11b card in the slot in my Lombard, I'm using the IOXperts drivers, and it works just fine. Tom Burke -- 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: Connecting two AirPort cards
(a) Yes (b) ? (c) Yes (d) Yes Best Regards Hugo On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 11:03 PM, Eric D. wrote: Hello, another question about PowerBooks and wireless: (a) can two AirPort cards talk to each other, or do they need an Airport Base Station? (b) can two of any other PCMCIA wireless cards talk to each other, or do they too need the (equivalent to a) Base Station? (c) can Airport and non-Airport 802.11b or 802.11g cards co-exist on an Airport wireless network? (d) has anyone figured out how to get non-Apple cards into the airport slot? There is a report on www.Macintouch.com (I think that's where I saw it... maybe it was on dealmac.com's discussion forums (it was today I saw it)) that said it was possible to get a non-Apple card working in the Airport slot (it just didn't fit properly) -- the Mac OS supposedly recognised it as an Airport card. Eric. -- 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 --- -- 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: Connecting two AirPort cards
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 10:03 PM, Eric D. wrote: (a) can two AirPort cards talk to each other, or do they need an Airport Base Station? sure, in a couple of ways. one computer can be set up as a software base station and the other joins it's network or you can do computer-to-computer, or ad hoc, networking. (b) can two of any other PCMCIA wireless cards talk to each other, or do they too need the (equivalent to a) Base Station? if the card is actually WiFi certified, yes. even if it's not, the answer is -usually- yes. (c) can Airport and non-Airport 802.11b or 802.11g cards co-exist on an Airport wireless network? yes. 802.11b and 802.11g are standards and any card that meets these standards can exist together. for instance, my family's business has a half billion PCs (*sigh*) and 3 macs. everything is wireless with apple's base stations providing the network. to contrast, i have a PowerBook with an Airport card. my base station is a Belkin wireless router. (d) has anyone figured out how to get non-Apple cards into the airport slot? There is a report on www.Macintouch.com (I think that's where I saw it... maybe it was on dealmac.com's discussion forums (it was today I saw it)) that said it was possible to get a non-Apple card working in the Airport slot (it just didn't fit properly) -- the Mac OS supposedly recognised it as an Airport card. Proxim/Farallon/Orinoco or whatever they're calling themselves these days... they have a card that'll fit into an airport slot. most cards won't fit because they have antennas that hang off the end, but Proxim's card doesn't have an antenna... it plugs into the antenna built into the powerbook. these cards were marketed under the Farallon brand name, and now that it's Proxim, I don't see them on their website. we bought one at my real job, i'm sure it's still laying around somewhere. i'll find out what model it is and repost later. -- 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 ---
Connecting two AirPort cards
Hello, another question about PowerBooks and wireless: (a) can two AirPort cards talk to each other, or do they need an Airport Base Station? (b) can two of any other PCMCIA wireless cards talk to each other, or do they too need the (equivalent to a) Base Station? (c) can Airport and non-Airport 802.11b or 802.11g cards co-exist on an Airport wireless network? (d) has anyone figured out how to get non-Apple cards into the airport slot? There is a report on www.Macintouch.com (I think that's where I saw it... maybe it was on dealmac.com's discussion forums (it was today I saw it)) that said it was possible to get a non-Apple card working in the Airport slot (it just didn't fit properly) -- the Mac OS supposedly recognised it as an Airport card. Eric. -- 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 ---
