Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
It is a router, NOT a switch. It is a DYNEX 10/100M Router On Nov 18, 1:29 pm, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 11/18/09, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: I want to make a physical LAN by wiring 3 computers to a network router. Is it a router or a switch?  If you don't

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
The LAN port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. On Nov 18, 1:42 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:16 PM, MacDiva wrote: The two Macs talk between them, the problem is the XP. I had wired the XP to the router with a simple ethernet

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:41 AM, MacDiva wrote: The LAN port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. ?? Typically these sorts of routers have a WAN port (for connecting to the cable/dsl modem) then (usually) four LAN ports for the local network. -- Bruce Johnson University of

Digital cameras, pocket camcorders and the Mac

2009-11-19 Thread janesprando
I am considering buying a Nikon Coolpix Touch camera. Has anyone had experience with it and the Mac? Also, I am buying my son a pocket camcorder, either a Vado or Flip. Any comments are either of these? jane -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: SATA card for DVD burner in a MDD

2009-11-19 Thread Ross
On Nov 16, 12:03 pm, Ross olfec...@digizip.com wrote: I ordered the SYBA PCI-X model SD-PCXSA2-2E2R from mwave, and am waiting for it to show up. I will report back on whether it actually works for ATAPI devices, or not. If it does, I may have a Seritek 1V4 to sell. Here is the procedure to

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread John Niven
--- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: It is a router, NOT a switch. It is a DYNEX 10/100M Router. Looks like that has one WAN port and four LAN ports. Your computers should be plugged into the LAN ports and the WAN should be empty. You might want to do a factory default reset

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
I do not want to connect to the DSL... wireless. I want to create a physical LAN On Nov 19, 10:51 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:41 AM, MacDiva wrote: The LAN  port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. ?? Typically these sorts of

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread John Niven
WAN = wide area network (the internet) LAN = Local area network (your home network) Both can be wireless or hardwired. --- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: I do not want to connect to the DSL... wireless. I want to create  a physical LAN -- You received this message

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
yes, I know that. But my goal is to do it wireless. The wireless router is in another room, so I cannot connect the 3 PCs with wires unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, which I dom't want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. Now, with some twicking of parameters and

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread John Niven
I don't understand what you want at all. One minute you say that you want to create a hardwired local only network, then you speak of wireless routers. Is your DYNEX router giving out DHCP address to your local network? I asked this before, but you seem determined not to give clear answers.

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread Clark Martin
MacDiva wrote: yes, I know that. But my goal is to do it wireless. The wireless router is in another room, so I cannot connect the 3 PCs with wires unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, which I dom't want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. Now, with some