On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 01:30 AM, Timothy Virkkala wrote:
Here's a question: If you were going to set up a wireless network in a
building (say, one like the one my office is in: an old school building),
sharing the Internet and maybe a laserprinter among some PC's and some PCI
Macs, what hardware would you buy?
My first piece of advice is to get all the 802.11x hardware from one vendor. While all 802.11 equipment SHOULD interoperate with no problems, the management will be much easier with only one brand.
While I can not give you hardware advice because of the scale of what you need (let us know how many systems are involved), I can give you an overview of my home network, which is mixed Mac and pc, wired and wireless. I went with Dlink products.
My router is the 714+, which includes a print server, 4 wired ports and I don't remember how many wireless it supports. I have one pc wired to it and 1 with a wireless pci card. Both of these are running 98se (a 233 and a 400 mhz). With the included software, they are also sharing a printer that is wired to the parallel port on the 714.
My Mac is hooked up through the neatest part of the setup. It is a DWL 810+, which is a wireless to ethernet converter. This allows ANY ethernet enabled device to network through a 802.11 wireless network, even the LC (if it has an ethernet card). I had to go this route because I had no free pci slots and I have read bad reports about 802.11 to usb adapters. I believe it will also work with a printer, but if not, many manufacturers make a wireless adapter for their printers. According to Dlink the 714+ will allow you to print over the network with a Mac, but the printers need to be postscript. Since I have a couple of inkjets, I have not been able to test this feature.
HTH, Len
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