Thanks guys - I really appreciate all the help. I know how to handle both of them now.
Thanks a bunch :-)) Gloria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe D'Andrea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MacIntosh? > At 5:30 PM -0500 8/18/03, Gloria Vester wrote: > >Thanks! So the device will work, just not the software? I can live with > >that. I just set it up in the office, plug it into their hub (they don't > >have a router but said they will get one if they need it) and then I can see > >it and manage it with NMS. That will work. BTW, do you know anything about > >the Apple Air Port stuff? I have someone else who wants to sign up who is > >on ISDN right now with an Apple Air Port Base Station. Can we use that to > >hook them up? They are really close to our water tower, like two blocks > >away. > > > For you first client just put an airBridge on the WAN side of a > broadband router and put all the macs and pee-cees and linii (plural > of linux) boxes you want on the LAN side. You can configure the > airBridge with your PC (or any PC) as there's pretty much no need for > any client, regardless of computer type, to be messing with the > configuration. Any smartbridge airBridge will do depending on your > install (inside, outside, total). > > As for the second client with an AirPort Base Station, no. An ABS is > an access point, so there's no way to get it to talk to your WISP > network's access points. You can however attach an ABS to the LAN > side at the client, and they can use any 80211b device to connect to > it. They can even use an 80211g device if they have an AirPort > Extreme. > > The only way a mac with an AirPort card can talk to your WISP > directly is if they are within ~100 feet clear LOS of your access > point. It can be done, cause I do it from a sidewalk cafe here in my > city. Of course macs with AirPort cards with external piggie and amps > and antennas can reach access points that are further then 100' away. > > ~joe > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
