On Thursday, August 26, 2004, at 02:39 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a Windoze PC, and a B&W G3 that I want to network (and share
broadband) across a wireless network. Each machine has spare PCI slots. Any
ideas ?
I know I need a router, but don't know much else. Most articles I have read
feature wireless networking, but not across different platforms.
Get a wireless broadband router. For the desktops, you can get PCI cards (make sure they have Mac drivers, though!) or the Ethernet > Wireless bridges that D-link and Linksys make (and probably Netgear by now, too)
Those plug into a ethernet port then you use a web browser to connect to them and configure them to connect to the wireless router. We've started using them to connect systems where pulling a wire is inconvenient, too expensive, or as in some parts of our building, simply impossible.
You're not really crossing platforms (despite anything the yoyos at the computer stores may tell you) since what you're really talking about is 802.11b (or G) networking, not Windows or Mac, all they need is drivers for the interfaces.
It's like asking for a cross-platform ethernet switch...people will look at you funny.
Getting the computers to talk to each other as well as the internet is a cross-platform issue, just not much of one, so long as you're running 10.2 or better on the Mac.
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