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April 7th, 2008, 02:28 AM
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| Internet networking new iMac Intel with old G4 PowerMac & PowerBook I'm purchasing a new iMac intel core2 duo and want to connect it and my G4 500MHz Power Mac tower and 550Mhz PowerBook wirelessly to the internet. I have received conflicting advice and hope someone can help. Scenario: I have Cable modem at the front of my house and will put the iMac in a different room about 10m away. I have my G4 tower separate from the house about 40m away and my PowerBook won't be more than 10m from the modem. I am purchasing a 500GB Time Capsule to act as a wireless router and as an external hard drive for the iMac. How do I, or can I, connect the other two macs to the internet wirelessly? The advice 1: iMac is fine. G4 Tower_install an airport express card (802.11n) and insert where the old card should go. It should connect to internet wirelessly. PowerBook_same thing(?) The advice 2: G4 Tower_install a Shintaro USB2.0 5-Port PCI Card and Addlogix USB 2.0 54MBps Wireless Adaptor PowerBook_can't do anything for it. I have tried to keep the advice simple so I hope I haven't missed any of the info I was given, therefore I hope the above makes sense to someone. I don't know much at all so I hope some technical person can help. Just in case I resolve it and miss thanking you, thanks to all who reply.  |
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#2
April 7th, 2008, 08:55 AM
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| Your ISP sells you ONE IP. So you have to buy a wireless router like Airport Extreme (other brands will do) that both of your Macs can speak to (wireless security). Hopefully both your Macs can use WPA2.
__________________ PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8(Rev A.), , 7 Gig RAM, Pioneer DVR-110, ATI X800XT, OS X 10.4.11 & 10.5.4, 23'' HD LCD Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16Mhz, SuperDrive, ATI X1600, 2GB RAM, OS X 10.5.4 Tibook 400Mhz, DVD drive, 1024 RAM, ATI Rage, OS X 10.4.7 1TB Time Capsule 5g iPod 30Gig White |
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April 12th, 2008, 07:21 AM
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| Thanks for replying, Satcomer, sorry I took so long to get back but I've been away. To be quite honest, I had to find out what WPA2 is and have now left it in my sons hands to follow up with your reply. Thanks again for your quick reply. |
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#4
April 12th, 2008, 12:58 PM
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| Just remember when you are taking a Mac off the cable/DSL modem and putting a router (wired or wireless) power off your modem for at least 15 seconds so it will reset and register the new device.
__________________ PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8(Rev A.), , 7 Gig RAM, Pioneer DVR-110, ATI X800XT, OS X 10.4.11 & 10.5.4, 23'' HD LCD Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16Mhz, SuperDrive, ATI X1600, 2GB RAM, OS X 10.5.4 Tibook 400Mhz, DVD drive, 1024 RAM, ATI Rage, OS X 10.4.7 1TB Time Capsule 5g iPod 30Gig White |
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April 17th, 2008, 07:52 PM
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| Always good advice, thanks. Actually, it seems I got the first bit of advice wrong. Apart from some configuring of the hardware/software of the airport express it will be connected to either G4s via an RJ45(?) cable. Is that making more sense? |
