Not quite sure what you mean by access points Brent, so this may not be of use, but here's how the airport works.
The Airport cards go into the client, Mac or PC (apparently). In a Mac they are just a pcmcia card that sits in an internal slot. These cards connect your client to the Airport Base Station. The Airport Base Station has a built-in 56k modem in it, and an ethernet port. I believe the new version of the base has 2 ethernet ports in it. Depending on your setup you could a) connect the airport directly to phone line and connect with the modem. the airport base has built in NAT and DHCP etc. or b) connect the airport base to a hub (or a gateway pc) and then get the pc connecting to the Internet. Unless I am misunderstanding you, you shouldn't need anything except the airport base station and the airport cards for the clients. N Brent Goldman wrote: > > Nick, > > We're not going to use any wires more than we have to on this network, and I > know that if I go with wireless, I would have to live with an 11MB network > rather than 100MB, which is completely fine. > > Does anyone know about access points? > > Thanks > -Brent > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick Texidor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:11 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: I want to set up a wireless home network... > > > > > > I only have experience with Airport, and it is a dream to install and > > configure on a Mac network. I haven't tried the PC's on it, but > > apparently it can be done so I may check that out next. > > > > I suppose the only consideration to make is that have a hard > > cable to a > > network card will give you the 100mb speed (if you have a card capable > > of that speed) whereas you won't get the same transfer rate with a > > wireless network. (Correct me if I'm wrong here someone!) > > > > N > > > > > > > > > > Brent Goldman wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > So is the AirPort one of the best wireless routers? What > > about access > > > points? We only have one computer per room, so it would be > > kind of a waste > > > of money to spend something like $100 per room on an access > > point, plus > > > whatever the wireless NIC costs. Is there any way to do > > 802.11b without an > > > access point, or are there cards that come with access > > points built in that > > > actually work? > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Brent > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 7:33 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: I want to set up a wireless home network... > > > > > > > > > > > > You can download software off the Internet to manage your > > > > AirPort on a > > > > Windows Based system. > > > > > > > > I cannot remember what it is called, but it is out there and > > > > works quite > > > > well from what I hear. > > > > > > > > > > > > At 06:57 PM 1/8/2002 -0800, you wrote: > > > > >Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > >I want to set up a wireless home network soon, and would > > > > prefer to use > > > > >802.11b as our standard. I've heard good things about the > > > > Apple AirPort, > > > > >and although it's compatible with PC's, but you can only > > > > manage the settings > > > > >with a Mac. Does anyone know of any good wireless routers > > > > that could share > > > > >a cable internet connection with four computers that just have > > > > >802.11b-compatible network cards in them? Do I also need to > > > > get access > > > > >point for them? I'm kinda confused about this whole > > > > wireless networking > > > > >thing... > > > > > > > > > >Thanks > > > > >-Brent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
