PC and MAC on wireless network
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well you need the modem at the top of ur hierarchy, plugged into that you would have your router from your router you would connect everything else.
I presume your router has just one ethernet port so, plug your hub into that, then plug ur PC's into the hub and the airport base station into the another port of the hub.
Im not sure about the routing capabilities of the airport base station, thats a bit tricky. Sounds like a huge network you have in your house!
alternativly you could have
I am fairly sure the airport does routing so you could just leave out the router
I presume your router has just one ethernet port so, plug your hub into that, then plug ur PC's into the hub and the airport base station into the another port of the hub.
Im not sure about the routing capabilities of the airport base station, thats a bit tricky. Sounds like a huge network you have in your house!
alternativly you could have
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world->modem->router->airport->hub (wires)
->Macs (wifi)I am fairly sure the airport does routing so you could just leave out the router
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Just plug your basestation into your hub. That should be it. Your Mac will dhcp from your router (assuming that's what you're doing now). The base station is basically acting like a bridge at this point. It may have router functionality, but I don't know if it will have all the features of your current router (firewall, NAT, etc).
I have a similar setup here, but with different base stations (no airport) and it works perfectly.
One thing. I don't know if the airport base station will act as a router or switch. If it does not (i.e. it's acting like a real bridge), then because you have it hooked into a hub, all traffic on your network will be broadcast by the base station. This probably is not desireable. If it acts as a router or switch, then it will only forward packets destined to any wireless devices connected to it. If it's acting as a bridge, then you may want to replace your hub with a switch (5 port switches are barely more expensive than hubs these days, so the price is usually not a big deal).
I have a similar setup here, but with different base stations (no airport) and it works perfectly.
One thing. I don't know if the airport base station will act as a router or switch. If it does not (i.e. it's acting like a real bridge), then because you have it hooked into a hub, all traffic on your network will be broadcast by the base station. This probably is not desireable. If it acts as a router or switch, then it will only forward packets destined to any wireless devices connected to it. If it's acting as a bridge, then you may want to replace your hub with a switch (5 port switches are barely more expensive than hubs these days, so the price is usually not a big deal).