On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 10:03 PM, Eric D. wrote: > (a) can two AirPort cards talk to each other, or do they need an > Airport > Base Station?
sure, in a couple of ways. one computer can be set up as a software base station and the other joins it's network.... or you can do computer-to-computer, or "ad hoc", networking. > (b) can two of any other PCMCIA wireless cards talk to each other, or > do > they too need the (equivalent to a) Base Station? if the card is actually WiFi certified, yes. even if it's not, the answer is -usually- yes. > (c) can Airport and non-Airport 802.11b or 802.11g cards co-exist on an > Airport wireless network? yes. 802.11b and 802.11g are standards and any card that meets these standards can exist together. for instance, my family's business has a half billion PCs (*sigh*) and 3 macs. everything is wireless with apple's base stations providing the network. to contrast, i have a PowerBook with an Airport card. my base station is a Belkin wireless router. > (d) has anyone figured out how to get non-Apple cards into the airport > slot? > There is a report on www.Macintouch.com (I think that's where I saw > it... > maybe it was on dealmac.com's discussion forums (it was today I saw > it)) > that said it was possible to get a non-Apple card working in the > Airport > slot (it just didn't fit properly) -- the Mac OS supposedly recognised > it as > an Airport card. Proxim/Farallon/Orinoco or whatever they're calling themselves these days... they have a card that'll fit into an airport slot. most cards won't fit because they have antennas that hang off the end, but Proxim's card doesn't have an antenna... it plugs into the antenna built into the powerbook. these cards were marketed under the Farallon brand name, and now that it's Proxim, I don't see them on their website. we bought one at my real job, i'm sure it's still laying around somewhere. i'll find out what model it is and repost later. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
