On Monday, June 21, 2004, at 12:01 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jun 20, 2004, at 11:54 AM, MacAddictvja wrote:
Does it really matter what kind of new router I get? Will it still be
compatible to get my older Macs online (PowerBook 540c, PowerMac 7300/500),
and of course I need to get my new G4 1Ghz iBook online through the router
as well.
It really doesn't matter. All the router 'sees' is ethernet connections. It doesn't care of the ethernet packets come from a mac, a PC, or a really, really, well trained duck with a highly modified Commodore 64...
All of the routers I've seen are configured via a web browser, and while the screen shots may be from Windows, it doesn't really matter...anything that can run a web browser of almost any sort will do it properly.
Linksys and D-link both have reasonably good instruction manuals; I've not seen Belkins' but I presume theyre pretty good as well, having seen their instructions for other devices.
I have a D-Link and have had no problems with it. My main piece of advice is that if you are going to connect to one via anything other than ethernet cabling, get everything (wireless cards, router, etc) from the same brand. It makes configuration of everything easier.
BTW Bruce, good training on the duck, I could never get mine to flip the switch on the floppy drive (the 1541 not the original 1540)
Len
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