On 10/19/02 21:05, Lee Larson wrote >Since my house has been Ethernetted for years, I've never been tempted >to go wireless. But, I just got a new iBook (14/700), and an AirPort >card, so I decided to take the plunge and get a wireless base station. > >The Apple AirPort base station is outrageously expensive at $300, so I >started looking around. I decided to take a chance on the NetGear MR314 >that's available all over the 'Net for about $100. I bought it from >Circuit City on Shelbyville road for $99, after a couple of rebates.
[snip...] Since netgear's $30 router rebate is ending on January 5th (as is my vacation), I figured I'd start getting my wireless network started by getting an MR814 (the followup to the MR314). Now for the questions: This thing'll have some basic firewall stuff in it, right, so I won't need another piece of hardware? What specs should I be looking for in a cable modem (as I haven't yet gotten the fast internet connection)? I assume that the $100 that insight digital wants is way too much. I've seen some on ebay for $40, but don't know what is recommended. Does anyone have any recommendations for a wireless card? I've seen some sites which recommended Orinoco gold wireless cards for g3 powerbooks (like my wife's). Others recommend a true apple airport card. The former cost $70 whereas Apple's cost $93. Thanks for any info. Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
