[CUBE] Airport to airport?

[M. Jeffrey Coco]

Just a caution - I've found that software base station taxes the 
hosting unit and is slower than using a dedicated Airport. IMHO, for 
the extra $100, I'd opt for the one card and Airport configuration.

Jeff Coco


On Jan 19, 2004, at 2:14 PM, Sean Terrill wrote:

> Quoth Christopher Hack (cjhack at onetel.net.uk) at 1/19/04 2:07 PM:
>
>> Hello, quick question.
>> I have my cube connected to an ethernet network with an ADSL/hub 
>> model. I
>> want to be able to use my ibook around the house with wireless access 
>> to the
>> ADSL internet connection.
>> Can I simply buy two airport cards, and put one in the ibook and one 
>> I the
>> cube? That way connecting to the internet via my cube.  Or do I need 
>> to buy
>> one card for the ibook, and buy an airport base station?
>> Thanks in advance. Chris
>
> You can use the Cube as a router. It's called Software Base Station. 
> In Mac
> OS X you set it up via the "Sharing" pane of System Preferences. I'm 
> not
> sure about Mac OS 9 - I think you had to use the Airport Setup 
> Assistant.
>
> Sean Terrill
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