On Wednesday 22 May 2002 01:07 pm, you wrote: > Do Airport cards even work without a Base Station? > Thinking of getting one myself for my G4 800 and moms iMac 500 that�s > downstairs to share the DSL.. > Yes you would need the base station to share the connection. > The base will do the actual connecting to the DSL line, and will then route > it to its ports and go from there.. > > Windows has an Internet Sharing program that is rather horrible.. > Ive never found anything like this with the Mac yet..
I strongly suggest using a firewall/router box rather than just the AirPort pod. AirPort is just 802.11b so the SMC Barricade Wireless Version would work just fine with all of your AirPort stuff. You can plug an AirPort pod into the regular SMC Barricade and you'll be fine too. However, the Barricade Wireless allows for some security measures like allowing wireless access by Media Access Control address...that's the unique hardware address that every Ethernet device has. This goes a long way towards avoiding the very nasty security problems present in 802.11b. You don't want just ANYONE on your network, now do you? This is a good reference for home networking: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/ . Good luck. You're a braver person than I...until some of the very fundamental security problems get licked with wireless networking I am avoiding it like the plague. --.\\<-H-- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
