>Yes- I believe #3 would work- Airport works automatically as a router. I'm
>pretty sure it does NAT (Network Address Translation) as well, but I'd check
>on that at Apple's website. Frankly, for laptops, I'd seriously consider
>it. Cabling is OK for a desktop which doesn't move, but unless you like
>being locked at a desk, I probably wouldn't go to the trouble.
The problem is that Airport setup is sort of kludgy. First you set up
a Mac and then xfer the connection info to the Airport base station.
So you would have to inform the upstream of the Airport's MAC
(ethernet hardware) address. I'd be willing to bet that the cable guy
would freak at having to install/test at a desktop only to have it
all move to a "console-less" device like the Airport base station....
with a different MAC address.
Not saying that it shouldn't or wouldn't work! Just that the
install/service/whatever folks are not allowed to deviate from the
"script" when installing service at customer locations. Flexibility
is not a corporate strongpoint.
--chuck
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