On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 11:58 PM, Jon Glass wrote: > Is not what he is describing called "tunneling"? Also, cannot the new > Airport Extreme base station do such things--i.e. act as both a bridge > and a > normal base station?
all airport base stations, even the original silver single-ethernet-port models, can be a bridge as well as a gateway. > I've got a wireless connection to our ISP, which is how I've even > heard of > these things, but it seems to me, that this sort of thing is possible, > but > complicated. I know that our connection is very unreliable at the > moment, > and our ISP still hasn't figured out how to get it to work... we have a very complex wireless network on our campus... but in essence, my PowerBook sees the network as one-big-wireless-network... even though there are dozens upon dozens of airport base stations spread across a half dozen buildings. as i move about, my ip address doesn't even change (which is impossible if the base stations are in router/gateway mode). -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
