WOW (Broadband and Airport)

mjemje
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Yeah, I'm really sorry but I gotta rave. I just got Roadrunner and an 802.11 network setup, and let me say, surfing wirelessly across my house @ 220K on my Ti (5 bars) is just the coolest thing EVER.



Any suggestions on Big Downloads?



Games

Browsers

Tools



Damn this is cool.



BTW using a netgear base station (Great, easy, and best of all under 100 bucks)



Thanks for Reading



-MJE

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 20
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    download all the latest game demos....a mac os update or goto quicktimes movie trailers database and sit around enjoying how quickly they load when you push the BROADBAND tab
  • Reply 2 of 20
    mount_my_floppymount_my_floppy Posts: 913member
    Isnt it great? I felt like I could download the whole internet when I got broadband. Now I just feel like there is no more internet for me to look at I need a life
  • Reply 3 of 20
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    10 minutes after having broadband I found myself once again bitching about speeds
  • Reply 3 of 20
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    If you get that bored, you could take a huge file, host it somewhere, and then, for fun, download it.
  • Reply 5 of 20
    tomahawktomahawk Posts: 178member
    Thanks, rub it in a little more!



    I recently moved to a city that is still in the dark ages. They offer DSL (I don't qualify despite the fact that Ameritech has sold it to me twice and called me once telling me I did) but the cable company doesn't offer cable modems. They even admit that they get 10+ calls a day asking for it.



    Still hoping the wireless DSL coming to town will save me.



    Enjoy it because going fast without any cables is great until they take it away!
  • Reply 6 of 20
    formerlurkerformerlurker Posts: 2,686member
    I'll never forget the first day I had wireless broadband. It was almost as great as the day I brought home my first Mac.

    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 7 of 20
    formerlurkerformerlurker Posts: 2,686member
    I have to add, that the day my broadband became wireless, was better than the first day I had broadband. Doesn't make sense, but is completely true.
  • Reply 8 of 20
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Hit some huge shockwave sites, then find all the full screen Quicktime movies trailers you can. I upgraded my QT to Pro (again) once I got broadband. Now if only AdCritic were still around...



    Find all these little Cocoa applications developers' sites, and download all that free 30 day trial software. Set them to automatically check for updates since you're always online, and do the same for Apple's Software Update.



    Almost makes those stupid internet "polls" they pimp on TV worth it just to watch TV and use the internet at the same time.
  • Reply 9 of 20
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    [quote]Originally posted by M3D Jack:

    <strong>10 minutes after having broadband I found myself once again bitching about speeds </strong><hr></blockquote>



    LOL! I am the same! Funny I really think DSL can be so slow sometimes (When its not) so I couldnt imagine 56K
  • Reply 10 of 20
    formelyknow as cybruinformelyknow as cybruin Posts: 31member
    Wireless eh!!

    Just dopnt forget to check your security logs and have a damn good firewall(hardware one recommended)

    drive by hacking is a big thing lately, and if your on standard settings your going to get hacked sooner or later!!
  • Reply 11 of 20
    escherescher Posts: 1,811member
    [quote]Originally posted by Tomahawk:

    <strong>Enjoy it because going fast without any cables is great until they take it away!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yup. You don't know how good you have it until it's gone. I'd have a really hard time dealling with dialup again. It's not even really the speed (my building has old wiring and I rarely get more than 100k on my DSL connection). It's the always-on nature of broadband that makes the biggest difference for me (I hate waiting for a modem connection).



    Escher
  • Reply 12 of 20
    scottibscottib Posts: 381member
    [quote]I have to add, that the day my broadband became wireless, was better than the first day I had broadband. Doesn't make sense, but is completely true. <hr></blockquote>



    Same for me. When I could sit on my front porch with an AirPort card in my Pismo, it felt like I just got my driver's license.



    BuonRotto, adcritic.com is back, but it's now a subscription service ($60/year).
  • Reply 13 of 20
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    I take it the "5th" bar is a metaphor for insanely high speeds?



    Broadband + AirPort = JustGreat?



    Without reservation, you will:

    1) definitely frequent Apple's Quicktime Trailer site

    2) download quantities of things unseen

    3) find it always on, wherever you go within your house

    4) love it!



    Make sure you download Acquisition and Direct Connect for all your downloading pleasure! I remember the first night I had Direct Connect I downloaded 700 songs (Got banned from more than a handful of hubs, but nevertheless maximized my own Airport + Broadband+TiBook possibilities)



    Have fun!
  • Reply 14 of 20
    mjemje Posts: 91member
    Thanks for the suggestions! This is just wow! I mean I have gotten up to 400k a sec!! But what should I do to protect my computer? What firewall shoudl I use? How about protecting my connection? What do you guys suggest I should do?



    Thanks Again

    _MJE-
  • Reply 15 of 20
    gargoylegargoyle Posts: 660member
    Some people dont realise this, but a wireless router IS a firewall. Your mac will have an internal ip range probably 192.168.100.x. The router will use a method called NAT which is the basis for any good firewall.



    As for security for the wireless, dont use the defauls. Set a password and turn on encryption.
  • Reply 16 of 20
    toweltowel Posts: 1,479member
    On the subject of wireless routers and firewalls...



    I had a wireless router in my apartment for a few days before I brought it to lab to use for "real" work. During that time I had trouble connecting to Quake servers through the router - had to plug the cable modem into my computer when I felt like some fraggin'. Is this a general problem when you're behind a router/firewall? Can you tweak the router or computer config to mitigate it?



    Wireless Quake. Mmmmmm.
  • Reply 17 of 20
    maskermasker Posts: 451member
    [quote]Originally posted by Towel:

    <strong>On the subject of wireless routers and firewalls...

    Can you tweak the router or computer config to mitigate it?



    Wireless Quake. Mmmmmm.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    you just need to configure the port to open the port that Quake uses. Whatever that is.



    MSKR
  • Reply 18 of 20
    dygysydygysy Posts: 182member
    When I first got my Powermac I still had a dial up connection, it took about 45 minutes to download a 9mb file from System Update, if it didn't get cut off along the way.



    Today I have a cable modem & it took just 12 min. to download OS X 10.2.3, a 51mb file, so I'm not complaining!
  • Reply 19 of 20
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    get a PC, get pr0n!
  • Reply 20 of 20
    wagneritewagnerite Posts: 174member
    you're all missing the fun of dial up web access, bet you can't take your DSL and Cable to a friend's house who do not have broadband!! I can take my dial up ISP anywhere there is a phone line. the challenge of downloading 5mb+ files is not a problem if you pray hard enough, i don't see what the problem is.



    dial up 53k is the bomb, at least that what i keep telling myself



    um, before you flame, it's call sarcasm
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