Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-31 Thread diane
At 12:14 PM -0700 12/31/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 08:17 AM, diane wrote: At 7:57 PM -0800 12/29/04, Andrew F. wrote: Any router will work. The ones sold by PC networking companies are usually configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort utility,

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 08:17 AM, diane wrote: At 7:57 PM -0800 12/29/04, Andrew F. wrote: Any router will work. The ones sold by PC networking companies are usually configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort utility, but once set up, 802.1 is 802.1, though of cour

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-30 Thread Andrew F.
I'll had that it is easy to mix wireless and wired networking. I have an AirPort Extreme base station which is connected via cat 5 ethernet cable to a 4-port 10/100 switch. My desktop G4 is connected to the switch, with another cable handy at the desk to connect whatever laptop I choose, be it Ma

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-30 Thread Andrew Kershaw
That's a good point! An 802.11b wireless access point, or bridge (depending on how you're using it) is just the same as a 10MB network port. That's not true. Firstly, 802.11b is "rated" at up to 11 Mbps, not 10 Mbps like 10base-T ethernet. However, 802.11b has tons of overhead (as does 11g),

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-30 Thread Michael Clarke
That's a good point! An 802.11b wireless access point, or bridge (depending on how you're using it) is just the same as a 10MB network port. So if you have multiple devices accessing this "port" it will be significantly slower. I guess unlike most people my wireless network consists solely o

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-30 Thread Anne Judge
On Dec 30, 2004, at 11:54 AM, Michael Clarke wrote: Hi Diane, Wireless is just as good as wired these days. Unless you're trying to transfer large files within a home network. We moved our ReplayTV unit to another room where there was no ethernet jack & went to an 802.11b bridge (hoping to upgra

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-30 Thread Michael Clarke
Hi Diane, Wireless is just as good as wired these days. You can go 802.11b at up to 10MBs, or the more current 802.11g at 54MBs. I have an iBook G4 1GHz talking to an 802.11b access point, and the web pages load super fast! Download speeds are equally speedy. 802.11g is newer, and faster, bu

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-30 Thread diane
At 7:57 PM -0800 12/29/04, Andrew F. wrote: Any router will work. The ones sold by PC networking companies are usually configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort utility, but once set up, 802.1 is 802.1, though of course speed varies by which protocol you use. How fast is wire

Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-29 Thread Andrew F.
Any router will work. The ones sold by PC networking companies are usually configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort utility, but once set up, 802.1 is 802.1, though of course speed varies by which protocol you use. Andrew On 12/29/04 7:48 PM, "William Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTE

Another wireless question

2004-12-29 Thread William Hughes
I have a card(802.11b) from Lucent that Airport seems to have no problems with, as I tried it on my Wallstreet when I bought it. My question is, will ANY wireless router work for wireless networking? Or does the router have to be OS 9 specific? Thanks Bill -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Another Wireless Question

2004-06-20 Thread Peter DeAth
On 19 Jun, 2004, at 12:53, G-Books wrote: Let us know if it works in OS X without a driver. That would be a first! -Laurent. Hi Laurent and all, Regarding the Buffalo Airstation WLI-CB-G54A-3 54Mpbs Cardbus, 802.11g and 80211.b. I received it yesterday and I was on the air with it in literally

Re: Another Wireless Question

2004-06-18 Thread Alan C . Magnus
On Jun 18, 2004, at 8:14 am, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 18/06/04 08:16, Peter DeAth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Laurent and all, I hesitate to contribute further to this long thread, BUT, I have spoken to Buffalo (UK) this a.m. and their Tech guys say that "a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Airstation PCMC

Re: Another Wireless Question

2004-06-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/06/04 08:16, Peter DeAth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Laurent and all, > > I hesitate to contribute further to this long thread, BUT, I have > spoken to Buffalo (UK) this a.m. and their Tech guys say that "a > Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Airstation PCMCIA Card (802.11g and backwards > compatib

Re: Another Wireless Question

2004-06-18 Thread Peter DeAth
On 18 Jun, 2004, at 02:31, G-Books wrote: A Pismo has only an internal regular AirPort card slot. AirPort (the 1st generation) only supports 802.11b. If you want to use 802.11g, then you will need to buy a 3rd party card and make sure they provide a driver for the OS you want to use it with. Th

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Thomas Ethen
The reason that you didn't know it, it that the statement isn't true! The Pismo does have an Airport Slot. Tom on 6/17/04 12:12, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: > >> Just to clarify something I've seen in this thread, an Airport card is >>

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo
Dan, We use the snow Airport base station (not extreme). It was fairly easy to set up (followed directions for most secure - for wireless - network). We made a few stumbling mistakes, but finally got it working. Works nicely with our Qwest DSL. DSL Modem-Router--->Ethernet Switch--->ABS The abo

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 17/06/04 21:18, Imal Tornapart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I've had an 802.11b Airport card in my Pismo (Powerbook Firewire 2000) > since 2001. >> IF I wanted to upgrade to the 802.11g standard I would need to get a > compatible PCMCIA card. >> Pismo 400MHZ G3, 768MB RAM, OS X 10.3.4 >> Turt

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 17/06/04 20:58, Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've had an 802.11b Airport card in my Pismo (Powerbook Firewire 2000) > since 2001. > > IF I wanted to upgrade to the 802.11g standard I would need to get a > compatible PCMCIA card. That is correct, sir. Again, the

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Imal Tornapart
>I've had an 802.11b Airport card in my Pismo (Powerbook Firewire 2000) since 2001. >IF I wanted to upgrade to the 802.11g standard I would need to get a compatible PCMCIA card. >Pismo 400MHZ G3, 768MB RAM, OS X 10.3.4 >Turtle-Bear Nice, that's very close to the system I have. Which base station

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo
On Jun 17, 2004, at 4:05 AM, Steve Fuller wrote: No specific recommendations, but if money's tight that's another good reason to go with 'b'. I wouldn't worry too much about 'b' being obsolete, as 'g' will be obsolete soon as well. :) Good point. Thanks Jeff, Laurent, Frank & Bob - I think I'll go

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2004, at 12:50 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > > > On 17/06/04 13:12, "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: > >> > >>> Just to clarify something I've seen in this thread, an Airport card

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Steve Fuller
On Jun 17, 2004, at 12:50 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 17/06/04 13:12, "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: Just to clarify something I've seen in this thread, an Airport card is a wireless card that uses 802.11b to communicate between itself and

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 17/06/04 13:12, "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: > >> Just to clarify something I've seen in this thread, an Airport card is >> a wireless card that uses 802.11b to communicate between itself and a >> wireless access point (WAP) or other c

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: > Just to clarify something I've seen in this thread, an Airport card is > a wireless card that uses 802.11b to communicate between itself and a > wireless access point (WAP) or other computers. This card requires an > Airport slot to work. The Pismo only h

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Tony Coult
No, the Pismo has an internal Airport (but not Airport Extreme) card slot. Tony C. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Suppo

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Steve Fuller
No specific recommendations, but if money's tight that's another good reason to go with 'b'. I wouldn't worry too much about 'b' being obsolete, as 'g' will be obsolete soon as well. :) Good point. Thanks Jeff, Laurent, Frank & Bob - I think I'll go with the airport card and an inexpensive B rout

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread MTH
On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 05:05 AM, Steve Fuller wrote: No specific recommendations, but if money's tight that's another good reason to go with 'b'. I wouldn't worry too much about 'b' being obsolete, as 'g' will be obsolete soon as well. :) Good point. Thanks Jeff, Laurent, Frank & Bob - I

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-16 Thread Tom Wolfe
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:22:54 -0500 (CDT), "Jeff Drummond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > No specific recommendations, but if money's tight that's another good > reason to go with 'b'. I wouldn't worry too much about 'b' being > obsolete, as 'g' will be obsolete soon as well. :) Good point. Thanks J

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-16 Thread Jeff Drummond
"Tom Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >I'm sorry if this has been discussed ad infitinum, but I have a wireless >question... >My wired router just died, and since I've got to replace it, I figure >it's a good time to go wireless. Just a couple of quick questions, if >you please. >1) Can I/shoul

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-16 Thread Bigbikerbo
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Re: another wireless question

2004-06-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 16/06/04 13:14, "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip!] >> 3) Would you get a PCMCIA card for the Pismo or an airport card? I don't >> currently use the PCMCIA slot for anything. > > I forget - are there 2 slots on the Pismo? If so, the PCMIA route is > usually cheaper (and can be

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-16 Thread Frank P. Eigler
I just went through something similar... On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Tom Wolfe wrote: > I'm sorry if this has been discussed ad infitinum, but I have a wireless > question... > My wired router just died, and since I've got to replace it, I figure > it's a good time to go wireless. Just a couple of quick

Re: another wireless question -- Re-phrase

2004-06-15 Thread Bob
My proof reading sucks. The following should say: >My wired router just died, and since I've got to replace it, I figure >it's a good time to go wireless. Just a couple of quick questions, if >you please. >1) Can I/should go 802.11 G or B with a Pismo and Panther? You can go with 802.11g if you w

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-15 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 7:59 PM -0800 6/15/04, Tom Wolfe wrote: >I'm sorry if this has been discussed ad infitinum, but I have a wireless >question... My printer sharing question must have been the same. I never did get a response on it. >My wired router just died, and since I've got t

another wireless question

2004-06-15 Thread Tom Wolfe
I'm sorry if this has been discussed ad infitinum, but I have a wireless question... My wired router just died, and since I've got to replace it, I figure it's a good time to go wireless. Just a couple of quick questions, if you please. 1) Can I/should go 802.11 G or B with a Pismo and Panther? 2)