[G4] Airport

[Jim Pacyga]

If you have one machine connected to ethernet (en0) you can enable 
sharing on en1 (airport) but you also have to allow the computer with 
en0 connected to create ad hoc networks (see Internet Connect panel 
from the Airport widget in the menu bar).

If you do all this, you may be able to create an airport network 
without the need for a base station...however you loose the ability to 
do things like:

MAC address filtering (i.e., keeping people out of you network)
SSID publication (letting people know you have a network to provide)
DHCP (you need to assign static IPs to the Airport only machines or put 
a DHCP server on the machine acting as "the firewall")
Firewall (for that matter you will need to activate a firewall.
Port Forwarding (the ability to forward ports coming in from the WAN 
into you LAN)

Unless $200 is really a killer stretch, the base station is the way to 
go for ease of use and administration...

jim

On 28 Apr 2004, at 04:00, Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) wrote:

> Jay actually gave us the heads up on this, have tried it with no 
> success.
> You supposed to be able to.
>
>> ----------
>> From: 	Mel Krewall
>> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
>> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:36 PM
>> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
>> Subject: 	Re: [G4] Airport
>>
>> I don't use Airport, so I don't know this for sure, but can't one of
>> the computers act as a software base station to allow the connection
>> between the two computers?
>> Mel
>>
>> "It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are
>> still rolling."
>>   ~ Mark Twain
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2004, at 4:55 AM, Video International wrote:
>>
>>> just one basestation will do
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>>> She needs the basestations, and an airport card for each computer. 
>>>> The
>>>> software should already be on the computers.
>>>
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