Hi Ronni, Craig and Daniel. Thanks for your information so far. I have found out more!
His iMac is a G5 PC OS 10.3.9. His wife's is an Intel R Celeron R CPU 2,4 GHz. He does NOT have a wireless card built in. Nor does her Windows computer. It could be done for about $280 for both. But that is too much. Wireless is out. She has an old Siemens SpeedStream 4200 DSL Modem which only has ONE Ethernet slot which is used for her computer. So an Ethernet cable connection is out . He (upstairs) has a phone extension, obviously the same line that BigPond uses for the Broadband connection. So.. He could by a modem (happy to do that) and connect his phone extension line to it and to his iMac. BUT .. If he did that will he be able to connect and share her BigPond account? Can two different modems share the one account? Or am I totally wrong? If all else fails, is there a recommended technician in the Pinjarra area who could help them? Lloyd > > Hi Lloyd & Craig, > > If the iMac is only running OS 9, there is a chance it might not have > WiFi - an Airport Card (802.11b or 802.11b/g) > The Airport Cards were Optional on the iMacs until 2005 > > So you need to know this as well as the Windows having WiFi also. > > You can't have a wireless Network if the Computers don't have wireless > cards installed. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 06/10/2009, at 2:10 PM, Craig Bruce wrote: > >> >> Generally what you'd want to be looking for is adding a wireless >> router. >> You could replace the broadband modem completely with one that also >> does wireless or add a wireless router like an airport extreme/ >> express to add wireless to the existing modem >> >> -- >> >> Craig Bruce >> Director >> >> M 0403 040 088 >> P 08 9367 4691 >> F 08 9367 4692 >> E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au >> W http://www.maxstyle.com.au >> >> Twitter Maxstyle_com_au >> Facebook http://www.facebook.com/maxstyle >> >> Disclaimer: The information transmitted on this message is intended >> only for the person or organisation to which it is addressed and may >> contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the >> intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any >> use, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken >> in reliance of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have >> received this message in error, please contact MaxStyle Pty Ltd >> immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the >> individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the >> company. >> >> On 06/10/2009, at 1:00 PM, Lloyd White wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi everyone. I have a friend with an iMac, OS 9. His wife has a >>> Windoze >>> computer with a BigPond broadband connection. His is upstairs and >>> hers >>> downstairs so they do not want any cables. >>> >>> They have asked for my help. God bless them!! >>> >>> What sort of information would I need to get from her re the Windoze >>> computer before I start? >>> What is the best system to use? I know absolutely nothing about >>> Windoze >>> computers. >>> Lloyd >>> > > > > Cheers, > Ronni > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
