[G4] Airport Extreme

[tony melvin]

I would like to thank everyone for their replies.

I have used the "Software Base Station" setup with my
last G4 and Ibook.  Performance was really ok. 

Cheers
Tony 

--- Eric Volker <ebv1 at charter.net> wrote:
> Unlike what one poster suggests, you'll have to buy
> an Airport Extreme 
> for the new G4 and a regular Airport for the iBook.
> You can skip the 
> Airport Base Station. I believe Mac OS X and 9 both
> have an Airport 
> mode called "Software Base Station" that will let
> you use your G4 as a 
> base station. If anyone out there has experience
> with this function, 
> please post. I'm curious if people are using it and
> what kind of 
> performance and/or difficulty they've had out of
> that setup. I 
> eventually intend to get an Airport for my
> Quicksilver, set up a 
> software base station and use an 802.11b card in my
> Dell laptop to 
> connect to the internet.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 02:11  PM, tony
> melvin wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a new 1 gig mac with the airport extreme
> > possibility.
> >
> > I also have a Ibook with a normal airpot card.
> >
> > If a was to buy an airport extreme card could I
> use my
> > airport extreme enabled mac as a router and surf
> on my
> > Ibook?  Or do I need the new airport basestation
> also?
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts or experiences?
> >
> > Thanx in advance
> > Tony
> >
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