Yesterday I picked up an SMC Barricade wireless cable/dsl router and an SMC Wireless PC Card (SMC2632W) on sale. I'd like to surprise my wife by liberating her PowerBook 3400c to work anywhere around the house with internet access, and keep the other Macs tied to the wired network (everything's on a FrindlyNET cable router setup now). The 3400c (200 mhz, 48meg RAM) runs on OS 8.6 now but I plan to up to OS 9.1.
>From what I've read, the router seems good and should not be too much of a problem to set up. Mac info is minimal, but people are doing it and liking it. I know I won't benefit from the print server (why is that anyway?) and can live with that, although it is up there on my wish list. It's the PC card I don't see any Mac experience on. A call to SMC got the impatient reply that they won't have a Mac driver until January (too late for Christmas, and somehow I'm skeptical). Will other drivers (or even Airport software) enable this card to work? If not, are there other reasonably priced PC cards with Mac drivers that will work with the SMC router? Or is Farallon/Proxim the only (more costly) answer? Before I dive into this only to have to pack the whole mess up again, take it back and buy jewelry, I'd appreciate any experience and advice from the list. Thanks... -- Wade Staddon, Beaconsfield, Qu�bec -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> 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/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
