[Cube] RE: Wireless Cable Modem

[Francois Barbary]

Hi Dave,
I have a Cube, mini a TiBook, and a XP box, all being served by a  
(now 3 year old) linksys wireless router. It is very vast, Secure and  
easy to set up. It is not a cable modem however, but I have my cable  
modem and router in the same room sitting literally ontop of  
eachother near the center of my house, in a closet more or less. Most  
cable companies offer free or discounted cable modems, heck, cable  
modems are even showing up at thrift stores for 5 bucks!
good luck, the macs are very easy to setup to use with ANY wireless  
provider, the XP, once you figure out how to configure it is also  
very good. The XP has a D-Link Wireless network card, and it  
interfaces nicely with the linksys.
D-Link and Linksys are my two favorites, but I really think theyre  
all the same really when it comes down to it... after-all that's why  
there's a standard issued by the IEEE
the only difference is price, looks, warranty, and support.

-Francois


> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 22:36:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Da Pen <macstonelson at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Cube] Wireless Cable Modem
>
> Hello,
>
> What are thoughts about the best Cable modem/router
> wireless for our beloved Macs and an errant PC?  We
> just had Charter Cable hi-speed turned up and now we
> need a Mac friendly all-in-one wireless cable modem
> gateway.  It must also serve a PC well.  We have
> airport extreme on a 1ghz G4 powerbook, the other PC
> has windows XP on it.  I hope soon to have an intel
> macbook in my possession.  I also have a Cube with
> airport that will find it's way into this wireless
> network at some point.
>
> Thanks for all thoughts.
> Dave
>
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