[Duo2400] Re: Wireless cards

[Larry Friedman]

I meant, do you connect via Remote Access or is there another program 
like FreePPP? I already have the Airport Base Station (had it for well 
over a year) so that would be the modem I would use. Our office has 
Airport as well, and these are the two environments I'll connect in 
almost every time.

~ Larry


On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 09:01  PM, Ivan. wrote:

>> So you can't run the Skyline with airport? What software does it use?
>>
>> ~ Larry
>
> It comes with its own drivers. You don't use Apple's AirPort software.
> However, you can still configure an Apple AirPort Base Station if 
> that's
> what you want to use for an access point. But IMHO there's no reason to
> buy an AirPort Base Station unless you need the modem or AppleTalk
> support, as it is more expensive than better-featured products. (I use 
> an
> SMC 4-port router with nice firewall features and AppleTalk support 
> which
> I got for $60 from a vendor listed on DealMac.com.)
>
> Any card will require its own drivers. I believe the Orinoco is the 
> only
> one that can use Apple's AirPort drivers instead, since it's based on 
> the
> same chipset as Apple's card, but it's not supported on the 2400, and I
> had no luck making it work when I had one. Perhaps an owner of that 
> card
> who uses it with AirPort software can speak up. And as I said, the
> Skyline drivers always worked just fine for me with that card -- 
> there's
> no overwhelming reason to necessarily use the Apple AirPort software if
> something else works as well.
>
> Ivan.
>
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