> >Which of these are good choices for us Mac users? > > Drew had great points; I'll throw out a model that I have, that WILL route appletalk between wired and wireless sides: the NetGear MR314. It was available for about $80 a little while ago.
Also- no WAP that I know of will route Appletalk from LAN to WAN side IF you have NAT turned on. The MR314 conforms to this. However: if you turn NAT OFF on the router (some of the let you do this, all models may not) then Appletalk CAN go from LAN to WAN. Why would you care? Well you may not, since this is your first (IIRC) router in the house. It only matters if you hook routers together. I had had my cable modem and a Linksys BEFSR41 for a year before I got the MR314; I have a couple :) computers and servers set up and I wanted to hook the MR314 up to a port on the Linksys, this using it behind the linksys router and having lots of open jacks. Worked great except that macs on the MR314 could not use Appletalk to talk to my shared printer that was on the Linksys. Turning off NAT on the MR314 and just using it as a big switch allowed everything to work, macs on the LAN side of the MR314 could then see Appletalk devices on the LAN side of the Linksys. The NetGear tech support gave me that tip. I like companies that support Macs (later models of the Netgear WAPs may differ, though), best to call and check). Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
