Thank you Gillian, Problem solved with my senile dementia I was trying to use Bigpond Pass word , When I tried wireless modem code number "Viola" it worked! Thank you every one for all your suggestions as I now will be very happilly distracted with iPad on line & Daniel sending me a Dragon Dictate App to master. I'm semi paralysed now & Hands, Fingers & legs are packing up fast. Get your "Oldies" computer literate as soon as possible as it has been my saviour by having to obsess on what ever I am doing & distract me from chronic nerve ache & Low to serious real pain. It beats pain pills all the time & with the odd glass of good wine plus my music & a delightfull full time carer living in my old home as hers whilst I now live in a very comfortable self contained cottage I had built for my late wife who also had major health problems. I did'nt expect that I would be the one using it! You have to play the cards your dealt with. Ciao Philip. It beats an Old peoples home or Hospital !! On 04/02/2011, at 10:26 AM, Gillian Affleck wrote:
> Hi Philip and Ronni, > > I'm thinking doing one of the following should work, although I'm not > familiar with the Airport Base stations, or the Telstra 3G21WB NEXT G Router. > > 1. Same as your option 'B' Ronni (to connect the main Airport Base station to > the Telstra 3G21WB NEXT G Router) via ethernet. > It would be a matter of configuring the Telstra 3G21WB to be in 'bridge' mode > so it is not a router but a bridge. We've done this on Billion and Linksys > modem/routers so it should be possible with the Telstra > 3G21WB modem/router. If its 'bridge' mode doesn't automatically turn off its > wireless mode (2.4Ghz or 5GHz), I'd turn it off. > > 2. Replace the Main Airport Base station with the Telstra 3G21WB, and keep > the Airport Base station in the cottage. These two can then talk to each > other wirelessly as the 2 Aiport Base stations did. > How (and whether) this works depends upon how you were using the simultaneous > dual bands. I haven't found much information on the Telstra 3G21WB but I > doubt that it is simultaneous dual band. It will either be 2.4GH or 5Ghz.. > > Either of these options should allow the printer to stay in the cottage and > still be wireless, and Philip need only connect to one network from the Macs. > I suspect the first option will be easier to set up. One thing to remember > when configuring this option is that once you've put the Telstra 3G21WB into > 'bridge' mode, if you need to get back into its web-based GUI to reconfigure > it, you will probably need to do a reset to factory settings, because as a > bridge it doesn't have an IP address of its own to connect to for > configuration purposes. So it is a good idea to write down any non-factory > settings you change (which shouldn't be many because a bridge doesn't have to > know much ;-) ). > > Hope this is of some help. > > Kind regards, > Gillian. > > > > On 4/02/2011 9:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >> >> On 02/02/2011, at 9:13 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: >> >>> ------ Forwarded Message >>> From: Philip Trouchet <[email protected]> >>> >>>> I have a home WiFi system for my printer in my seperate office & now on Big >>> Pond Internet connection so I have a Trouchet network & a BigPond network >>> which >>> of course is on most of time ! To date if I want to print I just swap over. >>>> I also now have a iPad which only recognises Trouchet network & not >>>> Telstra ? >>> If I try to connect to BigPond with correct password I get message >>> "Dismiss"? >>>> Is their any way to delete Trouchet network from iPad & connect to Telstra >>>> or >>> better still cojoin the 2 networks ? Any help gratefully accepted. >>>> Ciao, Philip. >>> >>> ------ End of Forwarded Message >> >> >> Hi Philip & Group, >> >> Just to explain or perhaps try to clarify Philip’s email a little. >> >> I originally setup the “Trouchet Network” for Philip as a ‘Simultaneous >> Dual-Band 802n WI-FI Base Station Network” (with WPA2 encryption). >> Using two Airport Extreme N Base Stations. >> >> One Airport Extreme N (in Computer Room) as the Main Base Station (connected >> to his ‘then’ Bordernet Satellite Modem)The Printer he is speaking about is >> connected to this Main Airport Extreme) and another Airport Extreme N (in >> the cottage to ‘Extend' the "Trouchet Network”). >> >> This Network gave full strength coverage (4 bars) & wireless printing & >> wireless connection of all devices (I tested with my iPhone & iPad & MBP), >> everywhere. >> This all worked perfectly and Philip was delighted with it, but the >> Bordernet Satellite Network is SLOW. >> >> I did not know that Philip was thinking of or had gone ahead and given >> Bordernet ‘The Flick’ and purchased a 'Bigpond Elite Wireless Broadband >> Network Gateway 3G21WB NEXT G Router' & connecting to the Telstra Next G >> Network. >> >> How to advise Philip on what to do now?. He is apparently able to send & >> receive mail using his bigpond email address & surf the web on his current >> Telstra/Bigpond setup. >> >> I did advise Philip he could connect the Printer to the USB port on the >> Bigpond Router & use it as the Print Server. >> >> But as he was still able to print wirelessly & the printer is in the >> computer room in the main house and the Bigpond Router is in his cottage >> quite a distance away, he chose to stay with the setup he had & just change >> to the “Trouchet Network” when he needed to print. >> >> So … What are Philips options?: >> >> A. Move the Bigpond Elite Wireless Gateway Router to the ‘Computer Room’ & >> connect the printer to the USB Port & setup wireless printing. >> I do not know what the wireless strength coverage of this Bigpond Router is >> … it may not reach to give coverage to his Cottage (where he now needs full >> strength coverage). Philip is not well and mostly confined now to the >> cottage. >> >> If this option worked well, he could then do away with his Airport WI-FI >> “Trouchet Network”. >> If this option doesn’t work well, perhaps try ‘B’ >> >> B. Connect the Bigpond Router to the 'Main Airport Base Station' (in >> Computer Room) via an Ethernet Port and see if that can work, with perhaps >> some modifying to the Network? >> >> Philip lives near Harvey and I am finding it very difficult to get down to >> do work for him, so any help / suggestions / solutions he would appreciate. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >> >> OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
