I wont be using an actual airport base station. But rather using Apple's Software Base Station or IP Net Router.
The downside of this is that the computer running the routing software always has to be on. If it crashes you lose the connection on all of the other computers until it is restored. With a hardware router you don¹t need to have a computer running constantly because the routing is handled by the router rather than the software on the computer. Anyway I'll let everyone know how it turns out. I'm sure it will work fine. As for costs: ADSL DSL300 - $249 (modified with auto authentication by DLINK for iiNet *apparently*) 512/128 (paid quartely in advance @ 79.95/month) - 4mnths - $319.8 Install fee - $99 All up for 4 months - $667.8 It's still quite expensive. And if you don¹t have/want a credit card then forget iiNet because they will not allow you to have an account without one. Regards, scott > Hi Scott, > > let us know how you go with this. We too are considering a iiNet > Bliink account however we are unsure whether the added hassle of > airport and ethernet will counterbalance any saving from buying a > router (ie: DSL-504/500). > > Are you using Airport due to its wireless capabilities or as a means > to avoid purchasing the very expensive DSL-504 / DSL-500 > modem/routers. > > Good luck - let us know how it works! > -Cheers > James > > > > > At 11:03 PM +0800 2/7/02, Scott wrote: >> I'm planning on using iiNet's 512/128 plan with the DSL300 and using >> software routing on one of the machines to give access to the other >> computers (PC, iBook, etc.) >> >> IP Net Router or Airport Software Base station should be ok shouldn't it? I >> have previously used IP Net Router on OS9 with no problems. >> >> I have found the only problem with Airport software is that it has limited >> port mapping ability (max 20?) I'm not sure if there's a limit with IPNR. >> >> -Scott >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
