on 04/10/20 08:14, Hari Tirumalai at haritirumalai at mac.com wrote: > Not necessarily, if there is a wireless router already, you'll just need > the network-name and password. (hint: add to keychain) > Cheers .. Hari > > On Oct 20, 2004, at 8:00 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > > A friend will buy the new iBook which has Airport Extreme standard. > Does he need an Airport Base station? > Of course, we're assuming he is going to use this computer in a "hot spot" location where there is an 802.11 wireless base station of some kind in the area. The answer is that it does not have to be an Apple Airport base station.