[P1] wireless networking

[Collin Moore]

I also have a subject related question..In my city of athens GA there is an
internet café that has free access..now if I were to stick an airport card
in the ibook p1 and go there how would I get on the internet..I am so
confused as I am kinda switching back to macs after 6 years that was back
when I was in the second grade


----- Original Message -----
From: "Meg St. Clair" <megsaint at earthlink.net>
To: "iBook List" <ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [P1] wireless networking


> On 4/1/03 8:40 PM, "Eric B. Richardson" <lbyron at comcast.net> wrote (edited
> for length):
>
>
> >
> > So the problem is that when I turn on the BrickHouse firewall, the
> > two machines don't see each other. It is set by default to deny
> > incoming connections. So the question is how do I get the best
> > security, and still allow these two machines (or more later) to see
> > each other. They are communicating well when it is not turned on. How
> > do I get access to the other folders besides the public?
> >
>
> This isn't exactly an answer. I have a G3 connected by wire to my Airport
> base station and my iBook has an Airport card. I use the built in OS X
> firewall on both (in addition to what protection the base station
provides).
> It all seems to work just fine. Is there a particular reason why you're
> using Brickhouse? Have you experimented to see if you can do what you want
> without it?
>
> > A related question is what do I do to get Airport card traffic across
> > the wireless router encrypted? does it slow down the traffic
> > perceptibly? How do I know it is working?
>
> The router you're using is different than an Airport but the theory should
> be the same. Using whatever configuration utility your router uses, enable
> WEP. It doesn't appear to slow things down for me. On the other hand, I
> don't believe it's terribly secure. As I understand it, that's why many
> business aren't crazy about WiFi.
>
> Meg
>
>
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