I don't think you can do this with the AOL service... It has nothing to do with the hardware.
The problem is sharing the internet connection among several users. AOL does not want you to share. Example: My setup uses a non-AOL broadband cable modem connection, with the Airport connected directly to it. I have one Mac directly connected to the Airport via CAT-6 cable, and the other wirelessly via its Airport card. If I am connected to AOL with either Mac and I attempt to sign on with the other, the existing AOL connection is automatically disconnected and AOL tells me I can't do that. (I still have internet access on both machines; only not through AOL.) What I expect you will have to do is find another ISP. You could then have any Mac on the network piggyback on the network for access to the AOL service. Even then, simultaneous connection to AOL will require multiple accounts, AND it may not work even then, as AOL likes to "tunnel" its connection, and two copies of AOL tunneling simultaneously may tromp on each others' toes. AOL definitely supports the Airport with a TCP/IP script, but my Airport doesn't have a modem, so I cannot test remote dialing via the Airport. You MAY have to configure the Internet Connect application to dial the Airport for you. A POSSIBLE way around this would be to dial in to AOL with the internal modem of a fixed (Airport-enabled) Mac. You would then enable internet sharing on that Mac. You might not need an Airport base station at all, although I'm sure it would be better in terms of power and range! The other Macs could then access the net using any software other than AOL; Safari, for instance. -- Robert MacLeay The original and only [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Accept no substitutes" on 11/22/04 7:33 PM, Bill Oetjen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Take pity on me please, > I volunteered to set up a mac wi-fi network at the small school where I > work. > You know, a desk top iMac or two, a couple of iBooks and PBooks, and a > couple of windows boxes, all tied to a dial-up line via graphite > Airport and AOL. > > How should I get the APBS to talk right to the AOL script? > Can I expect the cheap, third party DLink USB ethernet adapter to do > everything as neatly as Airport cards? > Can I expect to print over the wireless network to printers attached to > Macs on the network? > Should I just have spent the money and bought all genuine Mac Airport > cards instead of trying to save money with the USB dingus's? > Should we just dump AOL? > > Any help is appreciated > Bill Oetjen -- 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> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
