Congratulations, glad to hear it is working.
Use a switch instead of a hub. Hubs are slooooooow because they share
the same bandwidth with all devices in half duplex mode (when one
device is chatting the others have to patiently wait their turn go chat
on the party line and the chatting device can only talk, it cannot
listen to the device it is talking to). A switch on the other hand uses
full duplex mode (one device chats and listens at the same time). Plus
switches are pretty cheap until you get into the 128 port 1GB per port
heavy duty stuff. File transfers take about 1/2 the time using a switch
than they will using a hub, it is of course not exactly 1/2 due to
some overhead. In more practical terms you will get fewer timeout
errors using all of your computers to access the internet if you have a
switch than if you have a hub.
Jerry
On Nov 9, 2003, at 3:45 PM, Anthony Wilson wrote:
> I said I was going to set this aside for a few days, but I was reading
> my
> well worn copy of OS X: The Missing Manual, and it says when you set
> up an
> ABS for the first time, don't mess with Airport Admin., just use
> Airport
> Setup Asst. So I thought I'd try that.
>
> Here's what I did:
> 1) started with modem turned off, ABS unplugged, iBook off
> 2) connected ethernet cable to ABS, turned modem on and waited for all
> the
> lights to come on.
> 3) stuck paper clip (Corner Office brand, jumbo size, standard smooth
> finish) in reset hole, plugged in ABS, waited a good 60 seconds,
> removed
> paper clip
> 4) booted iBook
> 5) went into Airport Asst... but it didn't see the ABS... so I
> unplugged and
> replugged the ABS, and voila! it appeared in Airport Asst.
> 6) I went through all the setup screens, told it to use DHCP, etc.
> 7) Started up Safari and I was surfin'
>
> I wish I knew what I did differently on this attempt: was it procedure
> for
> hooking up the cable and turning things on, was it using Airport Asst.
> rather than Airport Admin.... or was it just the work of digital
> gremlins.
>
> Next step, I want to install a hub so I can share the DSL connection
> between
> the PC and the iBook. You guys please correct me if I'm wrong, but I
> thought
> I would use a hub rather than a router since I have two assigned IP
> addresses. The PC and iBook would use DHCP to get their addresses from
> the
> DHCP server. If there's a better way to do it, please let me know.
>
>
> This forum has been a big help, now I'm going to have to start coming
> to the
> meetings and begin really learning this stuff,
> Tony
>
>
>
>
>
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