[FAQ] - 802.11b networking

[yokim]

I suggest that you go with Netgear 4port wireless router MR814. It's pretty cheap and there is 30 dollar rebate going on now. (Netgear NIC card can be bought at buy.com for a pretty cheap price today as well.)
I just bought this for my G4 and PBG4.
You can setup the wireless router with your web-brouser so it was quite straightforward. I was in fact quite surprised that I cound finish setting it up in 10 minutes. The router is on the first floor and I did not see any loss of sigal in the second floor rooms with doors closed.

[mr. k]

hey im about to go buy equipment to hook up an old gatewway laptop to my sloatloading iMac (late 01 model) and was wondering about software base station... for a 99 buck airport and 50 buck cheap pc 802.11b card could i get the mac to serve as the basestation? both computers are in the same room generally, and the pc has no ethernet and two card slots. im pretty new to this but could it work? thanks!

[ivarh]

Hi. I have a ISP that allows me to log in with 4 simultanious logins giving me 4 IP adresses on the internet. I am however unable to use PPPoE over the airport adapter. I have a Dlink 300 ADSL modem hooked into my 3com wireless hub.

Regards,
Ivar E. Hosteng

[Captain Code]

Originally posted by mr. K
hey im about to go buy equipment to hook up an old gatewway laptop to my sloatloading iMac (late 01 model) and was wondering about software base station... for a 99 buck airport and 50 buck cheap pc 802.11b card could i get the mac to serve as the basestation? both computers are in the same room generally, and the pc has no ethernet and two card slots. im pretty new to this but could it work? thanks!

You'll have to use an Airport card in the iMac because it doesn't have any PCI slots. The Airport card fits in a special slot in the iMac.