[G4] Airport setup

[CJ Scaminaci]

Fact is though, if you are in OSX the CPU eating will be less of a 
factor. The finder keeps anything from eating CPU and distributes 
everything equally. Yet, in 9....well it is 9....

CJ
> Don't forget the cons to this - setting up a Mac with an airport card 
> to perform as a base station eats up cpu cycles and available 
> bandwidth over whatever network you've set up, as well as bus time on 
> the new "base station."
>
> yes, with two airport card-equipped Macs, you can use one as a base 
> station.  but see my statement above...ymmv
>
> Jay Snoke
>
>> ----------
>> From: 	CJ Scaminaci
>> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
>> Sent: 	Thursday, January 9, 2003 12:19 PM
>> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
>> Subject: 	Re: [G4] Airport setup
>>
>> Hey,
>> Yes that's totally correct. You need a card in both machines but on 
>> one
>> machine  in the Airport Admin Utility you can select your computer to
>> be a "Software Base Station" This does all of the base station
>> activities in software and also saves you a good 200$ in the process.
>>
>>
>> CJ
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