RE; I see,I failed to say its only for a distance of twelve feet i need it to work,so as to avoid alot of cables in bed with me.its starting to appear that a number of options will do the job for the base station,Am I better off to use an air-port card in the I-book itself or match it with the brand of base station?
> >> Hi all, Im looking into connecting An I-book wireless connection to cable >> modem,My question is I see a number of brands and prices all over heck, is >> there any big advantage to going apple airport as to simplicity over D-link >> as an example? > > There is a slight advantange to using an Airport base station over other > routers and access points. The way that Apple handles WEP keys is very slick > but only works slickly with the Airport base station. I still haven't got > WEP working with my MR314 but, as I understand it, I merely have to put hex > keys in instead of a password. > > For me, it's not worth $150+ for this functionality. > > > -Mick -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
