wireless router for G5 and CRT iMac
Greetings again,
Took the plunge and purchased a discounted rev. a DP 1.8 Powermac and am very pleased thus far. Thanks to everyone here at Appleinsider who took the time to offer advice.
My old mac (a crt rev. d 333mhz iMac) will now be used solely as a surfing station.
Here's the problem.
I'd like to have a way for both systems to have accsss to the net. The iMac is currently running on OS 8.6 (upgrading to 9 wouldn't be a problem but I think Panther would be pushing it a little).
Any ideas on how to set up a wireless router for the two systems. The G5 has plenty of options but the iMac seems to have a lot of limitations. I could always turn it into a fish tank but that just doesn't seem right.
Thanks,
cdp
Took the plunge and purchased a discounted rev. a DP 1.8 Powermac and am very pleased thus far. Thanks to everyone here at Appleinsider who took the time to offer advice.
My old mac (a crt rev. d 333mhz iMac) will now be used solely as a surfing station.
Here's the problem.
I'd like to have a way for both systems to have accsss to the net. The iMac is currently running on OS 8.6 (upgrading to 9 wouldn't be a problem but I think Panther would be pushing it a little).
Any ideas on how to set up a wireless router for the two systems. The G5 has plenty of options but the iMac seems to have a lot of limitations. I could always turn it into a fish tank but that just doesn't seem right.
Thanks,
cdp
Comments
Note that the WRT54G + public Sveasoft firmware is cheaper the Linksys' own WET54G and many other "wireless ethernet bridging" solutions.
You can find the WRT54G for about ?$70 many places like Fry's, Amazon, etc.
The prerelease Sveasoft firmware even enables Broadcom's "Afterburner" throughput boosting tech found in the WRT54GS, which costs a little bit more. $76 at Amazon. The GS does have more flash memory for future firmware upgrade possibilities though.
What you would basically do is upgrade both to the current/stable Sveasoft "Samahdi" firmware, set one up as the AP and connect the other one to the iMac to be used as a client/bridge.
EDIT: Looks like Amazon raised the price on the GS version to $82.
That's for the great info. Sounds like a kicka$$ setup.
cdp
p.s. I would have written sooner but my new mac needs all the attention she can get.
I run Panther on a iMac266 and have no problems ... the basic apps run just fine - iPhoto, iMovie, PSE are quite pokey when rendering.
Someone makes a USB 802.11.b "card" ... i can't find it right now, but it's a little card/antenna that plugs into a USB port, then sits on your desk or wherever... gives those older iMacs "Airport" ability. (Although mine is just ethernet-ed to my Airbort BS.)
cdp