on 23/10/04 16:02, bramke at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm thinking of going (partially) the wireless way, but I'm a bit confused. > > Here's the setup : > Cable modem, going to an Asante 4port firewall/router/switch, from there > a wire goes to the main MDD G4DP, another goes to the LW12/640 > laserprinter, and on one of the remaining ports I plug my iBook G4 with a > 25 meter cable. This works without problems, but not very handy when you > have two kids running around and tripping over the long wire... > Going wireless means adding an Airport extrem card to the iBook (no > problem here) and getting some kind of wireless accespoint to the network. > > The question is, where should I put the acces point (Airport express of > extreme base station) in my setup ?? Before the Asante router, or behind > it (AKA putting the long wire into the base station) ??? > Which setup will work, which will not ??? Or will both work ?? And which > is the easiest to setup .... > And what about the Airport extreme base station vs the Airport express > base station ?? Any preferences here ?? > > At this moment I'm inclined for an Airport express base station, situated > behind the Asante router. > (so : Internet > cable modem > Asante > Airport expres ������� iBook) > > Anyway, I want to keep the setup as simple as possible, and want to have > everything working as transparent as it is right now. > > Any help ???
You want to connect your access point to one of the port of your Asante router/switch. Then, the access point will serve as a "bridge" between your wireless computers and the Asante router. No need to turn on any network settings or distribute IP addresses, just relaying network packets from the Ethernet network from the Asante router to the wireless computers and vice versa. I'm not sure about which base station you should get. If you needs are very simple and don't plan, for example, to use the modem in the AirPort Extreme base station, then I guess you could go with the Express base station, which is cheaper... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] dinosaur n.: 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare big iron; see also mainframe. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
