For those of you who may have been interested in that D-Link Ethernet to Wireless bridge, I bought one today at Microcenter to see how it would work out in a PowerMac 8500.
Box contains: DWL-810+ unit, CD, short ethernet cable, AC adapter (prongs come out the "top", this could be a problematic shape) The retail price was basically $99 with an in-store rebate of $20 (instant) and a D-link mail in rebate for another $20, for a final price of about $60. My router is a Linksys WAP with wireless and a 4 port hub and I have a PC and a B&W hard wired in via cat5 (all in same room). I had to play around with my router's information in order to get the D-link to work, but now that they are on the same network segment, all seems to be fine. The linksys router default is an IP of 192.168.1.1 and the D-link bridge was 192.168.0.30 and both had a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 I don't really know much about networks, but I knew that with that subnet mask, all machines had to have the first numbers in the IP match. So, I changed my router's LAN IP address to 192.168.0.1 and the SSID to the D-link's default SSID. Once they were on the same segment, I was able to use my 8500 to configure the D-link via iCab :) I changed the D-link to use DHCP (vs. making the IP 192.168.1.30 or something), left the SSIDs as they were for now, reset my linksys IP to its original and once everything rebooted... it works. I think this sale ends in about a week or so, best to check your local MicroCenter circular or their website if you are interested in getting this thing at this price. This seems like a great way to get a PCI mac (or other mac with ethernet) onto a wireless network if you are looking for an alternative to adding USB + USB to 802.11b adapter (I do not have USB in my PCI mac nor do I think I need it in the near future) or getting a PCI Airport bundle. YMMV. HTH, Caitlin ~Caitlin -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
