I have a very similar setup. The Snow Apple Airport AP contains a router and a firewall. It hooks directly to my DSL Modem and provides DHCP service to both the wireless network and a Cat 5 wired hub network. The AP goes between the DSL modem and the hub. A 4 port 10/100 Ethernet hub isn't expensive and then you can use a wired network for some of your HW to avoid purchasing 802.11b cards for everything. For example, I have 2 wired Ethernet printers on the network.
The Linksys WUSB11 Wireless USB Network Adapter for $60 at outpost.com is one way to wirelessly connect a PC using only a USB port, and works well for my neighbor.... My system works great, however, I purchased a $72 Orinioco Range Extender antenna to extend the AP's reach (suitably modified the antenna connector as per Cliff). The 30 mW Airport cards in the Macs work fine. The 200 mW Prism II chip-based cards for both Macs and PCs from Matt Peterson's Surfandsip.com work even better, only $90 for the one with a built-in antenna! The Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless Access Point+Router w/4-Port Switch is an alternative to the Apple AP and a small hub. It looks good on paper at $90, but I haven't seen any reports on it. --jack >Message: 9 >Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:33:01 -0800 (PST) >From: Paul Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [BAWUG] DSL Wireless Network Set-up > >I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on >products they recommend (price is a factor this is a >small home network) for a wireless set-up. > >My DSL will be active next week and I have 1 PC, 1 PC >Laptop, and 1 Mac G4 that I want to share this >connection. I am pretty technical, but want some input >from people who are more experienced then myself. > >If anyone knows of any web resources they recommend >for setting this up, I would also appreciate that. > >Thanks, -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
