[Ti] [OT] Wireless Base Stations

[Christoph Hammann]

Am 13.01.2003 15:45 Uhr schrieb "Pete Zimowski" unter <petez at mac.com>:

> Hi all!  Sorry for the bit of [OT} but it's kinda Ti related... (not!)
> 
> I need some help.  Have some friends... She has a Gateway PC (Win 98), which
> is connected to internet via cable modem.  The cable company ran the line
> into the basement and then snaked the coax to her second-floor office, where
> it goes into the cable modem and into her PC.  He just moved his fairly new
> iMac (OSX) from his business into his office in another room in the house
> (on another floor), and they want to get him internet connected,

> 2.  Install an Airport card in the iMac, and install a Wireless Base Station
> of some kind in series with the PC.

Hi!

I don't think this will work, as the cable modem is likely paired to the
PC's ethernet card MAC adress. In a situation just like the one you
describe, I've had good success with Apple's "Snow" Airport base station,
connecting the PC via ethernet and the Mac via Airport. This way you'll have
an intranet as well. Apart from the base station, you'd need a patch cable
to the PC and an Airport card for the iMac.

> Thanks in advance for you expertise!

If you say so...

Christoph