My partner and I run several Mac OS X and Windows systems through the Apple Airport wireless base station. It operates flawlessly and is very easy to set up and administer with the supplied software, particularly from Mac OS X but also from Windows.
The issues we've found are: - If you're using the Windows software to administer the base station, it is most reliable if when you are doing administration you connect via an ethernet cable to the admin system. From a Mac OS X system, admin via wireless is the norm and it's a piece of cake. - When you set up the security parameters, be sure all the Windows systems you want to connect have the appropriate level of security support to match what you set up on the base station. Not all do. - The wireless network password restrictions that are more rigid on Windows systems ... something about 12 or 13 characters maximum. Be sure to pick a password that is within the guidelines of the Windows OS you are using. I've set up about three dozen different 802.11a,b and g base stations for my clients with mixed OS shops. The Apple Airport base stations are by far the easiest to set up and administer, the most reliable in operation. Godfrey On Mar 16, 2008, at 2:03 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Watching an old Dotto Tech show last week, from Vancouver, and he > had the Apple > guy on showing some stuff. One thing they used and made mention of, > was that the airport wireless unit > can work with Apple and PC. > > I have this unit. > > If i cannot quit my pilot job soon, i am going to get a laptop and M$ > Streets and Trips with GPS. > > If i do, i want to be wireless as i am with the ibook. > > Any one using it this way, or is it just a plug and play thing. > > Sorry, but i have just spent the past few days breaking down and > driving many miles on little sleep. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
