Simplest (but probably not cheapest) solution would be to purchase an Airport base station and airport cards for you iMac and iBook. No wires required. Cable modem should hook up to the base station and the iMac and iBook (with airport cards) will be able to access it through the air. There are other less expensive wireless routers that would be compatible with the airport cards.
Failing that, the iMac and iBook have built in Ethernet so if you bought just a regular wired router you could run cables from it to the other computers. Ugly I know but the wires can be tucked along baseboards and such and made fairly neat and it would definitely be lower cost than the wireless solution. Larry Jorgenson Humboldt, SK Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: Danielle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, November 5, 2004 8:15 am Subject: Router beginner > Hello List, > > I have a question along the same lines as another person here. > > We have 3 Macs. iMacG4/OS X10.2, iBookG4/OS X 10.3.5 and G3 All in > One/OS 9.2. The computers are located in the hall and bedroom. We > will > eventually get high speed internet in the living room on the TV so > that > we can take advantage of a deaf videophone service. > > How do we connect the computers to the cable internet? We live in > an > apartment. We do not want wires all over for safety reasons. The > G3 may > not be connected to the internet. iBook in the hall and iMac in > the > bedroom. Wall and laundry room separates the computers from the > living > room. Do we need a router? > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Danielle S. > > ***Please note that this email address is private. Please DO NOT > share. For bulk mailings, please use bcc. > Thank you :-) > > > -- > 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> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
