AirPort question...
Hey guys -
Explain/clarify something for me please: can a Mac have a hard-wired Ethernet (cable modem) connection AND an AirPort card (for networking) going on at the same time?
For example: if I put an AirPort card in my new iMac, and a buddy comes over with her AirPort-equipped PowerBook, can I be online, surfing and e-mailing, with my cable modem while connecting to her PowerBook via AirPort?
I guess what I'm trying to do is figuring out if I need to buy a Base Station and use AirPort for both Internet access AND networking.
I'd like to save the ridiculous $299 and simply keep everything wired the way it is (kinda stupid to put an AirPort card in a desktop Mac, especially when you have so many other cables attached...I mean, what's the point?), BUT have the ability to easily and wirelessly connect with any of my iBook/PowerBook-owning buddies who may come over.
Not to mention that I myself may end up with a cheap, low-end iBook or something, sometime down the road.
Explain/clarify something for me please: can a Mac have a hard-wired Ethernet (cable modem) connection AND an AirPort card (for networking) going on at the same time?
For example: if I put an AirPort card in my new iMac, and a buddy comes over with her AirPort-equipped PowerBook, can I be online, surfing and e-mailing, with my cable modem while connecting to her PowerBook via AirPort?
I guess what I'm trying to do is figuring out if I need to buy a Base Station and use AirPort for both Internet access AND networking.
I'd like to save the ridiculous $299 and simply keep everything wired the way it is (kinda stupid to put an AirPort card in a desktop Mac, especially when you have so many other cables attached...I mean, what's the point?), BUT have the ability to easily and wirelessly connect with any of my iBook/PowerBook-owning buddies who may come over.
Not to mention that I myself may end up with a cheap, low-end iBook or something, sometime down the road.
Comments
If you are running Mac OS X on the iMac, you need additional work though, since there is no AirPort Software Base Station.
Just go <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=13335&db=mac" target="_blank">here</a> to do so.