Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-19 Thread James Rohde
On 7/18/04, MTH wrote: I've been using SBC/Yahoo DSL for over a year now without any problems. As I indicated, YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary)... I was wondering why you use internet connect? I just click on my browser and I'm online, and my connection stays on until I close my browser. I do

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-19 Thread MTH
On Monday, July 19, 2004, at 10:02 AM, James Rohde wrote: On 7/18/04, MTH wrote: I've been using SBC/Yahoo DSL for over a year now without any problems. As I indicated, YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary)... I was wondering why you use internet connect? I just click on my browser and I'm online, and my

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-18 Thread James Rohde
On 7/16/04, Marcin Wichary wrote: I would disagree here... Since I started with dial-up in 1997 I always got the exact maximum speed as given in the contract (that's why I commented on this, maybe I should've been more specific). Right now I have promised half a megabit from my DSL modem, and

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-18 Thread MTH
On Sunday, July 18, 2004, at 07:52 AM, James Rohde wrote: On 7/16/04, Marcin Wichary wrote: I would disagree here... Since I started with dial-up in 1997 I always got the exact maximum speed as given in the contract (that's why I commented on this, maybe I should've been more specific). Right now

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-16 Thread Kenneth Vann
The only option of the iBook is the regular Apple AirPort card. The next problem you might face is the lack of a driver for such a card. I don't know if there is any driver available either for 9 or X. That might be your biggest problem. -Laurent. Airport software will run on the iBook if it has

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-16 Thread Jeff Drummond
Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Remember this: The maximum bandwidth on regular Airport (802.11b) is up to 11 mbps. So far, the fastest consumer connection available within a reasonable price is up 3 to 3.5mbps. So. . .why bother with Extreme? First of all, 11 Mbps is a

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-16 Thread Marcin Wichary
True enough; but you're probably not going to get the full speed your cable/dsl company promises you either. ;) I would disagree here... Since I started with dial-up in 1997 I always got the exact maximum speed as given in the contract (that's why I commented on this, maybe I should've been

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-16 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Jul 16, 2004, at 1:43 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote: True enough; but you're probably not going to get the full speed your cable/dsl company promises you either. ;) I would disagree here... Since I started with dial-up in 1997 I always got the exact maximum speed as given in the contract (that's

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-15 Thread Greg Gilmore
Many thanks to the several list members (and you know whom you are!) who kindly responded to my questions about upgrading to cable modem and wireless. I'll be carefully studying all of the replies. Greg -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
Remember this: The maximum bandwidth on regular Airport (802.11b) is up to 11 mbps. So far, the fastest consumer connection available within a reasonable price is up 3 to 3.5mbps. So. . .why bother with Extreme? First of all, 11 Mbps is a nominal speed. You'll never get that. I myself have

looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread Greg Gilmore
Since my daughter has decided to continue her college education online, we¹re finally going to make the leap from 56K to broadband, and to obviate running cables between the 4 Macs that are regularly used for internet access throughout the house, we¹ll make a simultaneous leap to wireless. I,

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread support
I'm using a G3 Lombard with a Cisco 350 802.11b (without antenna) in the PCMCIA slot. For the antenna, I found a model 278-844 Range-Extender Antenna (there are two in the pack) for $20.00 at Radio Shack and the card works great in both OS X and OS 9.2.2. A bonus is the card also works if you

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 14/07/04 09:31, Greg Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since my daughter has decided to continue her college education online, we¹re finally going to make the leap from 56K to broadband, and to obviate running cables between the 4 Macs that are regularly used for internet access throughout

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread MTH
On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 08:31 AM, Greg Gilmore wrote: Since my daughter has decided to continue her college education online, we¹re finally going to make the leap from 56K to broadband, and to obviate running cables between the 4 Macs that are regularly used for internet access

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Jul 14, 2004, at 6:31 AM, Greg Gilmore wrote: Since my daughter has decided to continue her college education online, we¹re finally going to make the leap from 56K to broadband, and to obviate running cables between the 4 Macs that are regularly used for internet access throughout the house,

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread Steve Fuller
On Jul 14, 2004, at 2:37 PM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: The only real benefit of g is being able to transfer tiles to and from the computers within the network. 802.11g is great if your source is a dedicated or sometimes shared T1. You are most likely talking about a cable modem through Comcast.

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Jul 14, 2004, at 1:39 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: On Jul 14, 2004, at 2:37 PM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: The only real benefit of g is being able to transfer tiles to and from the computers within the network. 802.11g is great if your source is a dedicated or sometimes shared T1. You are most likely

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Jul 14, 2004, at 1:39 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: On Jul 14, 2004, at 2:37 PM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: The only real benefit of g is being able to transfer tiles to and from the computers within the network. 802.11g is great if your source is a dedicated or sometimes shared T1. You are most likely

Re: looking before leaping

2004-07-14 Thread Steve Fuller
[Info on T1 and DS3 lines deleted] At any rate, an 802.11b connection could quite easily saturate a T1 line, shared or not :) Steve -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for