On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 05:28 PM, John Slavin wrote: > > I know there are some folks here that know lots more that me about all > this, but since I started down this road, I'm going to finish it up. > Guys, don't hesitate to tell me if I give wrong advice. > > On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Jim Eddy wrote: >> Kyle and John, >> Thanks for your help here. I've downloaded the utility John mentioned >> and will try it as soon as I get home tonight.
I think I know what I did right. The utility works well, and I have a shared internet connection which is very cool. >> >> Should my network connections through the card just "be there?" No >> connections to make? > The only other thing you have to set > is the base station itself using the airport admin utility, which is > where you set up the number the modem (in the base station) dials out > etc, Under the internet tab, you can set whether you have manual or > automatic connections. If you do not check the automatic dial then you > will have to run the software I told you about in order for the base > station to dial out. I think that the automatic dial was the missing configuration. >> How do I share files with other computers on the >> network > > Well you need to go into your system preferences and select the sharing > icon and check the check box for file sharing. That will allow others > to log into this computer. Of course you'll need to do the same thing > for any other computers you want to log into. While you're there, if > you're using a USB printer, go down and check the box for sharing usb > printers (or check it on the computer that the usb printer is hooked > to.) Also look up above and check out the name of the computer. This > is the name that will appear when you try to network to this computer. > For example I named my wallstreet, Blackbird. With file sharing > enabled, if you go to one of the other computers and while you're in > the finder, pull down the GO menu and select connect to at the bottom. > The computer you just named will pop up and you can log in. Bear in > mind though that how you log in will determine what files you can > access. This is still not happening. How do you connect with other computers on your network? I've tried the "Connect to Server" command on the Go menu, which will work with the computers wired (though I had to assign fixed IPs for that to work). >> or share the printer on the iMac? > > Depends on the printer you have. If you have a usb printer, then what > we did in the file sharing preference will take care of of setting it > up for sharing, although you need to get the printer driver activated > for every computer that you want to use this printer. I just printed out a read me file using the wireless. Big Smile. >> It may be some configuration problem I don't recognize yet. Wireless >> is >> very new to me. I'm trying to not use encryption until I can actually >> make the network work, then bring in encryption and firewalls as I >> learn how. > > Well, when you're in the airport admin utility, when you select the > network tab and then check the box to distribute addresses and then the > radio button for dhcp and nat, you have activated the firewall in the > base station. so if you use dhcp, you already have the firewall. > Incidentally, by checking the DHCP radio button in the base station, > that's the base station side of the dhcp you selected in the network > pane for the cisco card. You know, the "Ethernet Adapter (en1)". > That's what makes the connection automatic. Oh, and when you make all > these changes, for the airport admin utility, click update at the > bottom and for the system preferences, select apply now at the bottom, > so all the changes take effect. In an earlier post John mentioned a memory problem with the latest Cisco driver. I'd suspected that something was with it, since I have been getting the pinwheel cursor a lot since I installed the software a few days ago. I'm now downloading the earlier v.2.11 driver to see if there's an improvement. Thanks for all the help. Wireless is not truly plug and play. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Jim Eddy James Eddy Woodworks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Princeton, NJ <http://home.earthlink.net/~giametti/index.htm> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
