[iBook] Thoughts on wireless networking

[Joel Esler]

pfs.  As Angus said. Personal file sharing is the only way to go.

J


On Mar 5, 2006, at 6:32 PM, Angus Wallace wrote:

>
> G'day,
>
> my guess is as follows (without knowing the details of your hardware)
>
> Note - you need to be careful with the numbers.
> 8Mbit/sec = 1Mbyte/sec = 1MB/sec
> (From the numbers and the detail you've provided, I think your  
> units are
> mbit/sec)
>
> There are two main bottlenecks on the speed of your internet  
> connection. The
> first is at your connection to your ISP. This is around 6mbit/sec.  
> Then you
> have a wireless bottleneck. That's limiting the speec further on  
> the other
> machines. 802.11b has a theoretical maximum speed of 11mbit/sec. In  
> practice,
> 4-5 mbit/sec is common, and varies a little with signal strength,  
> the card, and
> the computer, which I think explains the variation between your other
> computers.
>
> I've never shared files on a Mac (only in Linux), but I'd think it  
> would be as
> simple as going in to System Prefs, and enabling Personal File  
> Sharing. Then
> look on the network (from the other systems) for computers with  
> shared drives
> (of course, you'll need to go into Get Info for the folders you  
> want to share,
> and configure the preferences appropriately), and look at them. You  
> might need
> to enter your password...
>
> HTH,
> -Gus
>
> Quoting vwmai <vwmail at mindspring.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We now are a three Apple family and all three computers are hooked up
>> to the cable modem via a wireless router. The G4 is on the desk and
>> connected via ethernet. The G3/233 iMac is connected via a Belklin  
>> USB
>> wireless network adaptor and the iBook G3/900 has an original Airport
>> 11b card.  All the computers happily connect to the Internet. The  
>> wired
>> G4 gets close to 6 megs, the Imac which is a brick wall and a few  
>> rooms
>> away gets about 4 megs and the ibook at best is getting 3.2 megs even
>> sitting next to the router. Not sure what's up there. Any thoughts?
>>
>> The bigger questing involves networking the machines together. I  
>> would
>> like to share files between the computers. I don't really have a  
>> lot of
>> experience doing this other than going machine to machine via  
>> ethernet
>> crossover cable. Are there any web sites dedicated to all the ins and
>> outs of networking Apple computers via a wireless system that include
>> the nuts and bolts as well as security topics? If you have  
>> thoughts on
>> it that you would like to share I would be interested in hearing  
>> those
>> as well.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chris
>>
>> On Mar 5, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Jim Manley wrote:
>>
>>> Abandoned is the right word. They didn't even remove the movie  
>>> trailer
>>> window from Sherlock. Using Apple music store to view trailers is a
>>> fery slow & cumbersome process.
>>> ---
>>> James Paul Manley
>>> Albuquerque, New Mexico
>>>
>>> Jim Manley's Photoshop Elements Page
>>> http://www.geocities.com/jim_p_manley/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 5, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Alan Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> or use a widget (such as marquee, for example).  it seems to me  
>>>> that
>>>> apple has abandoned sherlock.  too bad they had to crush watson
>>>> first.
>>>
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