-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 12:04 -0400 8/25/2008, Peter P Morrissey wrote: >When I say "Airport" I'm talking about the cable/modem router. For >some reason Apple seems to refer to the wireless Nics on the laptops as >well as the AP's as an "Airport." (They are just in their own little >world.)
"Airport" in Apple parlance is a brand name refers to the 802.11 wireless technology in general. The base stations all have specific names, like Airport Express and Airport Extreme. Hosts are usually referred to as Airport clients or Airport cards (legacy from when they actually were little PC cards that were installed in machines). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 9.8.3.4028 wj8DBQFIstnuDlQHnMkeAWMRAjHTAJ0Q9cujyXY3nXx9g67oLunZ4FVRngCeL4Ik hxOMQ32/6L0n2trblyi/y8s= =mL4V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Julian Y. Koh <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Engineer <phone:847-467-5780> Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern University PGP Public Key:<http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
