Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-18 Thread Peter Chastain
I use a D-Link DWL-122 USB adapter for wireless; it requires software (included of course) which it installs as a pref. pane. It looks like a USB keydrive, but comes with a USB extension cord, so one can hang it from on high if necessary, for better reception. I use it when I'm on the road (a

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/06/04 07:58, Tim Hodgson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 7:58 pm -0700, Jeff Hubatka wrote: > >> Routers are generally set up through a web browser, and don't need >> specific drivers. > > Just to set this thread off on yet another tangent :), it's worth bearing > in

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-18 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 7:58 pm -0700, Jeff Hubatka wrote: >Routers are generally set up through a web browser, and don't need >specific drivers. Just to set this thread off on yet another tangent :), it's worth bearing in mind when shopping for routers that although router admin is normally th

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Jeff Hubatka
That's a pretty broad statement, Laurent. Can I clarify it a little bit? You *can* use any 802.11b compliant WiFi router...if, and only if...there is a driver for it, either from the manufacturer, from the OS itself, or if a 3rd-party diver supports it. That applies to all OS versions, but especi

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Clark Martin
At 5:39 PM -0600 6/17/04, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 4:21 PM -0400 6/17/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: >You can use any wireless router that are 802.11b compliant. That's a pretty broad statement, Laurent. Can I clarify it a little bit? You *can* use any 802.11b compliant WiFi rout

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 7:39 PM -0500 6/17/04, Steve Fuller wrote: >On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:39 PM, Bob wrote: > > > > >> You can use any wireless router that are 802.11b compliant. > > > > That's a pretty broad statement, Laurent. Can I clarify it a little > > bit? > > > > You *can* use an

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 17/06/04 19:39, Bob at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> You can use any wireless router that are 802.11b compliant. > > That's a pretty broad statement, Laurent. Can I clarify it a little bit? > > You *can* use any 802.11b compliant WiFi router...if, and only > if...there is a driver for it, ei

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Steve Fuller
On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:39 PM, Bob wrote: You can use any wireless router that are 802.11b compliant. That's a pretty broad statement, Laurent. Can I clarify it a little bit? You *can* use any 802.11b compliant WiFi router...if, and only if...there is a driver for it, either from the manufacturer,

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 4:21 PM -0400 6/17/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: >On 17/06/04 15:48, "Imal Tornapart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, I'm Dan. > > > > I'm brand new to the world of Mac (from years as a PC builder/fixer) and > > have a nice G3 400 Pismo 2000, 20GB, 576MB, runni

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 17/06/04 15:48, "Imal Tornapart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm Dan. > > I'm brand new to the world of Mac (from years as a PC builder/fixer) and > have a nice G3 400 Pismo 2000, 20GB, 576MB, running 9.2.2 and X. I have > been having a crash course on the whole Mac world for a week now,

More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-17 Thread Imal Tornapart
Hi, I'm Dan. I'm brand new to the world of Mac (from years as a PC builder/fixer) and have a nice G3 400 Pismo 2000, 20GB, 576MB, running 9.2.2 and X. I have been having a crash course on the whole Mac world for a week now, for the first time ever, and am liking it so far. I've been following th

Re: More wireless questions

2002-11-10 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
Just thought I'd mention that I've bought a Buffalo Airstation WLAR-L1 1G router which plugs into my cable modem. It has 4 ethernet connections for wired systems and the Airport card in my Powerbook 800 works with it very well. Price was £115 (GBP) plus tax here in the UK. -- With best wishes, Rog

Re: More wireless questions

2002-11-08 Thread Mike Barnes
On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 05:31 PM, Vic Viet Duong wrote: > 1-Can someone explain why the D-link Wi-Fi D-614+ router is claiming > 22mbs? > Can any macs reach this speed with the current airport card? As someone else stated - someone fiddled around and came up with an extension to the st

Re: More wireless questions

2002-11-08 Thread Justin
excellent explaination. myself, i know about 802.11b, and ieee standards and the likes, but i never got into as much detail as that. On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 11:25 AM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 02:39 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote: > >> I remember seeing someth

Re: More wireless questions

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 02:39 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote: > I remember seeing something about it somewhere, one of the mac based > news sites. As I recall, the 11b is incompatible with 11, which is > why it gets twice the speed. And with the backwards compatible (mean > 'regular' 802.

Re: More wireless questions

2002-11-08 Thread Eugene Lee
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 10:31:43PM -0800, Vic Viet Duong wrote: : : I have several more questions about the whole 802.11b thing: : : 1-Can someone explain why the D-link Wi-Fi D-614+ router is claiming 22mbs? Somewhat proprietary enhancements. It works only if you also use their WiFi cards. :

Re: More wireless questions

2002-11-08 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
>Greetings everyone, > >I have several more questions about the whole 802.11b thing: > >1-Can someone explain why the D-link Wi-Fi D-614+ router is claiming 22mbs? >Can any macs reach this speed with the current airport card? I remember seeing something about it somewhere, one of the mac based n

Re: More wireless questions

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 12:31 PM, Vic Viet Duong wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > I have several more questions about the whole 802.11b thing: > > 1-Can someone explain why the D-link Wi-Fi D-614+ router is claiming > 22mbs? > Can any macs reach this speed with the current airport card?

More wireless questions

2002-11-07 Thread Vic Viet Duong
Greetings everyone, I have several more questions about the whole 802.11b thing: 1-Can someone explain why the D-link Wi-Fi D-614+ router is claiming 22mbs? Can any macs reach this speed with the current airport card? 2- Is there any way to secure my wireless router? (keeping other people from