wireless routers require AirPort cards, right?
Hey all,
im looking at networking two computers so that they can share files and a single broadband connection.
With wireless routers (such as This one, do they require an AirPort card to be installed in both computers?
That's all for now.
Thanks
im looking at networking two computers so that they can share files and a single broadband connection.
With wireless routers (such as This one, do they require an AirPort card to be installed in both computers?
That's all for now.
Thanks
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Originally posted by spiers69
Hey all,
im looking at networking two computers so that they can share files and a single broadband connection.
With wireless routers (such as This one, do they require an AirPort card to be installed in both computers?
That's all for now.
Thanks
any machine that you want to be wireless, will require an airport card be inside it.
http://www.usr.com/products/networki...sp?sku=USR5420
or http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSecti...tion_Id=201522
They are not as nice as the internal airport card but they will work. Search google for usb wifi adaptors for more choices.
reg
Get yourself Airport Express plug in an Ethernet modem and
make sure you have Airport cards installed on your computers
and just like magic it works!
Does for me...
This is what i found on osx.com regarding USB wifi adapters,
"I'd highly recommend staying away from the USB adapter. I have one on my TiVO, it works great. But... I'd go with a Ethernet to Wireless device. This is seperate from your Mac, so you don't have to worry about drivers and what not.
I am not recommending this particular model (it might be fine) http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=241 but that will give you an idea of what I am talking about."
Now, does this mean that there are similar such wifi adapters that instead plug into your ethernet port? Also, an 'ethernet' port is the large port where the Cat5 wire is inserted, correct?
So assuming i could get my hands a pair of ethernet wifi adapters, this is how it would be set up:
Modem=> Wireless ethernet router
Wireless ethernet router => 2x Ethernet wifi adapters
This would mean that both computers could access the internet (even if one wasn't turned on) and that they could share files, correct?
if i were to buy a 2nd hand Airport Extreme Base station, would it be compatible with a wireless wifi ethernet adapter? Or would i need to install AirPort cards in both Macs?
Also, i seem to have noticed that many of the wireless ethernet adapters only seem to have maximum transfer rate of 54mbps. This doesnt sound that much to me, but would it be alright in reality?
Is that 50ft as the crow flies, or for example, in a house with fibro walls it would have to travel around the walls/corners?
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I have an Airport express base station, and I can't get it to work that well. I use a D-link wireless router to handle the cable internet connection, and it works great. I say go grab a wireless G router an be done with it. You can control them with a mac as easy as you can with any windows machine.
Originally posted by Wingnut
I have an Airport express base station, and I can't get it to work that well. I use a D-link wireless router to handle the cable internet connection, and it works great. I say go grab a wireless G router an be done with it. You can control them with a mac as easy as you can with any windows machine.
What else does such a D-link wireless router require? How do i connect it to two Macs in seperate rooms? And are all D-link routers Mac-compatible?
Also, are there any wireless routers that i could plug an external HD into using FireWire or USB 2, so that both Macs could access it independtly?
Firstly, can i plug this computer into the router through a Cat5 cable? as i would have the router set up so close to thiscomputer that going wireless would be stupid.
And for the other computer, i would need a 'D-link DWL-G810 Wireless to Ethernet Bridge' for it right?
This would be all i'd need right?
It has three or four CAT5 ports on the back.
Originally posted by Placebo
You'd need only the wireless router and your modem.
It has three or four CAT5 ports on the back.
But the two computers are over 15m apart. Neither has an Airport card.
my plan: set the wireless router up near computer 1, and plug computer 1 into it using a cat5 cable and have an ethernet wifi converter attached to computer 2.
This way, there wouldn't be cables between the two computers, but they'd both be able to access the net and share files, right?
Does this make sense?
One computer (no. 1) would be near an ethernet jack, while the other would be in a room about 15m away that doesnt have any ethernet jacks.
Originally posted by Gene Clean
It does make sense, but why not buy one Airport card and connect the other with an Ethernet cable?
So buy an Airport card for the computer that was 15m away (computer No. 2), and buy a wireless router?
Then plug computer no. 1 directly into the router and have computer no. 2 communicate wirelessly?
Is that what you're suggesting?
That's what i was trying to say i wanted to do, but with an etherenet wifi adapter instead of buying an airport card.
How hard are airport cards to install in an emac?
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Originally posted by spiers69
How hard are airport cards to install in an emac?
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Not hard at all. You can also find documents at apple.com describing, step by step (with pictures) how to do it.
That seems the better solution when compared to fiddling with USB adapters.
Originally posted by Gene Clean
Not hard at all. You can also find documents at apple.com describing, step by step (with pictures) how to do it.
That seems the better solution when compared to fiddling with USB adapters.
what about ethernet adapters, they're meant to be pretty simple.
Are airport cards only compatible with airport base stations, or they generally compatible with all wireless routers?
Originally posted by Project2501
Lastly talking about CAT5 type of cable is bit stupid, because it actually doesn't describe the connection type at all, it's just the grade how good guality the cables are.
Sorry. im no expert at any of this. And im not pretending to be one.
What if i were to use a simply wired router (instead of going wirelss) and run the ethernet cable around the corners of the room and up above the door frame (you'd probably need to be here to really understand that).
Anyway, i've just used a piece of string and worked out that i would need apporximately 12metres (or approx. 39 ft) of ethernet cable to link the two computers to my currently imagaginary router (which would sit right next to one of the computers anyway).
Basically, are there any disadvantages to using a really long ethernet cable? And can anyone reccomend a particular router? And is there a router out there that has a USB 2 jack as well as ethernet ports, so that i can share my external HD between both computers?
Thanks