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    From Dennis Pemberton@pem@nospamharperkynes.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 15:21:52
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    Will the Air Port card connect to any wireless router, or does it only
    work with the base station?
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  • From Gnarlodious@gnarlodiousNULL@VOID.invalid.yahoo.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 19:51:57
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    Entity Dennis Pemberton spoke thus:

    Will the Air Port card connect to any wireless router, or does it only
    work with the base station?
    Any wireless router that supports 8011b protocol, which is most of them.

    -- Gnarlie

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  • From lot-o-fun@lotofun@hotmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 19:59:24
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    In article <230720031521528334%pem@nospamharperkynes.com>, Dennis
    Pemberton <pem@nospamharperkynes.com> wrote:

    Will the Air Port card connect to any wireless router, or does it only
    work with the base station?

    Any wireless router that talks 802.11b, which is pretty much all of
    them.

    Dealing with WEP passwords can be tricky. Make sure you have the
    latest version of the AirPort software and choose your wireless network
    from the menu bar icon. That gives you a pull-down menu so you can
    choose whatever way to enter the password that your router uses (ascii,
    hex, etc).

    -Ben
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  • From Dennis Pemberton@pem@nospamharperkynes.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 24, 2003 04:19:30
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    Thanks for everybody's input.

    In article <230720032137189440%otto@bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.invalid> wrote:

    In article <230720031521528334%pem@nospamharperkynes.com>, Dennis
    Pemberton <pem@nospamharperkynes.com> wrote:

    Will the Air Port card connect to any wireless router, or does it only
    work with the base station?

    Yes and no. Yes, it can connect to any wireless router as long as they
    are talking the same language. 802.11b is the most widely used
    protocol. 802.11g is the new kid in town (Airport Extreme) and is
    backwards compatible. No, you don't need the base station.

    I'm using a Linksys BEFW11S4 (802.11b) to connect a G4 (Quicksilver)
    and a clam-shell iBook, as well as my G3/G4 hybrid via an ethernet
    cable. I will be connecting soon another Mac and two Wintel boxes.

    I can access my network from across the street from my neighbors garage
    so security is necessary. Disable SSID broadcasting, password protect
    the router, and do MAC address filtering as your basic security
    measures. You might even want to look into WEP as well.
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