"basement to top floor, at best, is a stretch for wireless, depending on the house's construction." It would have to be a pretty big house for him not to be able get the wifi signal, right now as I'm typing I'm on my Hackintosh via Wifi on my 2nd floor bedroom with the router down in the basement. I'm getting around a 75%signal.
From, Stephen maryland...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu > wrote: > > > On Apr 23, 2009, at 10:16 AM, andre stark wrote: > > > > > > > I have an emac on the top floor with no ethernet modem, > > ? Do you mean 'no ethernet'? > > > but have the cable modem in the basement. Should I get an airport > > card for the emac(1.0 ghz machine?) or another configuration? > > > basement to top floor, at best, is a stretch for wireless, depending > on the house's construction. > > If the eMac doesn't have functioning ethernet, an Airport card, or a > USB WiFi dongle, coupled with a wireless router connected to the cable > modem, but placed more centrally in the house would be the way to go. > Unfortunately, this means routing ethernet at least between the cable > modem and the wireless router. > > If the eMac DOES have a functional ethernet, running ethernet from the > cable modem to the top floor may also be an option. Again, it depends > on your house's construction. > > You can also try ethernet over the power lines > > < > http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineEthernetAdapters/HDXB101.aspx > > > > But I don't know how well this works ... > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
