Wireless Connection with D-Link DWL-G700AP (Wireless Access Point)

[Naon Tiotami]

I'm trying to set up my Mac Mini (G4 Power Mac) to connect to a network I've created using my new iMac (Core2Duo). The network was created from the iMac's Airport Extreme card, and not from an Airport Base Station. I've plugged the D-Link Wireless Access Point into the Ethernet Port at the back of the Mini and gone through the setup wizard, but I'm unsure how to use the the D-Link to access the wireless network that has already been created. By the way, this is not the way the Access Point is supposed to be used, I think, and I've read the manuals back-to-front many times.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Naon Tiotami

[Kees Buijs]

Originally Posted by Naon Tiotami

I'm trying to set up my Mac Mini (G4 Power Mac) to connect to a network I've created using my new iMac (Core2Duo). The network was created from the iMac's Airport Extreme card, and not from an Airport Base Station. I've plugged the D-Link Wireless Access Point into the Ethernet Port at the back of the Mini and gone through the setup wizard, but I'm unsure how to use the the D-Link to access the wireless network that has already been created. By the way, this is not the way the Access Point is supposed to be used, I think, and I've read the manuals back-to-front many times.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Naon Tiotami

Effectively there is no reason not to use the wireless access point in this way, especially when the mac is e.g. the internet gateway for the network or server.

You access the wifi network by the other computers by looking for available networks, This should work for any system in the network.

Good luck, Kees

[Decade]

It looks like the DWL-G700AP and most other wireless access points can't do that. The best network layout would be to have the access point attached to the iMac, and an Airport Extreme card installed in the Mac mini. Alternately, you could have a wireless LAN bridge attached to the Mac mini.

However, you can get a similar effect with your current equipment, in a messy way, if you attach your access point to your Mac mini, disable its built-in DHCP server, and have the iMac connect to the access point's wireless network instead of the other way around. The iMac can still provide Internet access to the mini that way.