Howdy, If you are willing to tinker a bit, it can be much cheaper. I made mine for $15. I bought an Airlink AR430W from Fry's and reflashed it with the DD-WRT firmware. It works fine as a wireless bridge. Fry's dropped that brand, but there are a bunch of wireless routers compatible with DD-WRT or similar projects like the Tomato Router. The most common one to use is a Linksys WRT54G, although only certain version numbers can be used. Used WRT54G units are common enough that I see them for $10 pretty often. This may be getting off-topic, so feel free to contact me off-list for any details on those projects. This may be a bit geeky for a Mac user, but it is not really difficult. Good day, Ralph
On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 12:26 -0400, Chance Reecher wrote: > Yes, they have them, and they're called Wireless Bridges. But they > cost about 50$, and for that amount of money you could get an AirPort > card for your mac and a WiFi router. > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Paul<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Rather than struggle with a PCI wireless card that might be the "wrong > > chipset" (though it works fine in a PC), isn't there a device that's > > somewhat like a wireless broadband modem/router - wireless and > > connected to the Mac through the Ethernet port, but without the plug > > to connect to cable or DSL. > > > > Or is that not even theoretically possible? > > > > Right now, when I want to get a Mac on the Internet, I disconnect my > > wireless DSL modem from my PC, and move it to where the Mac is, which > > has to be near another phone jack. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
