[iBook] Airport cards/alternatives

[Scott Warren]

Well, there is more than just finding an Airport card.  For those 
computers that have an ethernet port but no way to install an airport 
card, you can get a "wireless access point" and plug that into the 
ethernet port.  Yes, there is still a cable coming out of the computer, 
would also expect a power cable as well though.  For those with 
multiple computers where there is no ethernet drops, you can take that 
wireless access point and plug it into a hub, then plug in all those 
computers into the hub and you have a wireless hub/work group.

The network would flow like:

desktop or laptop airport ~~~~~~~ wireless base station ----- DSL/Cable 
modem ----- (( internet service provider ))

desktop or laptop ethernet port ------ wireless access point ~~~~~~~ 
wireless base station ----- DSL/Cable modem ----- (( internet service 
provider ))

desktops and laptops ethernet port ------ switch/hub uplink port ----- 
wireless access point ~~~~~~~ wireless base station ----- DSL/Cable 
modem ----- (( internet service provider ))

---- means an ethernet cable
~~~ is your wireless signal

Getting the airport card is the ideal choice, but wireless access 
points are less than $100 so if you dont mind the cable, thats the 
cheaper solution.



On Oct 26, 2004, at 8:47 AM, Valerie Maples wrote:

> I am in the same place.  I have a terminally ill daughter and she 
> wants to
> use the iBook in her hospital bed, but we cannot run Ethernet to her 
> room.
>
> Valerie Maples
> Tupelo, MS
>
>
> On 10/26/04 8:44 AM, "David Binnion" <davidwb at spymac.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/26/04 9:08 AM, "Brandon M. Bost" <bmbost at joimail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am searching for a place that sells the original Airport cards for 
>>> my
>>> iBook 500.  I really don't want to pay $100 for a used card at my 
>>> local
>>> Apple reseller, so I thought I'd ask to see if anyone knew of a 
>>> place that
>>> had great deals on these.  I also wondered if there was a 
>>> third-party card
>>> that I could look for.  Thanks!
>>>
>> Ask me off-list. I have a used card I'll sell reasonably.
>>
>> david
>>
>>
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