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  • Re: PC & Mac's on wireless LAN

    From Bev A. Kupf@bevakupf@ebv.mimnet.northwestern.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 13:52:50
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:49:31 GMT,
    N Gilmore (nirgil@NOSPAMbigpond.com) wrote:
    I need to network a Win XP PC with an Imac (OS 9.1) and an Ibook (OS X). We have a DSL modem that needs to be shared out.

    I have networked PC's and Macs before but I've never done a wireless PC/Mac setup. Can anyone point me where to start?

    You need a wireless router for a start. I suggest getting one that
    supports AppleTalk routing between the LAN and WLAN ports to let your
    iMac and iBook talk to each other using AppleTalk. I recently purchased
    a NetGear MR314 (the newer 814/814v2 doesn't support AppleTalk). You
    can a list of WAPs that support AppleTalk from this page: http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk/wapformac.html

    Your WAP will have a WAN port -- connect this to your DSL modem. Connect
    the iMac to a LAN port in the WAP (you probably want to get a WAP that
    has LAN ethernet ports). Configure the WAP to connect to your DSL
    provider, and to support DHCP on the LAN/WLAN interfaces. Configure
    TCP/IP on the PC, iMac and iBook to use a DHCP server, and you should
    be set to go.

    Once you have wireless connectivity working, reconfigure the WAP and
    the wireless computers to require/use WEP. It's not terrific security,
    but is better than having a completely unsecured wireless network.

    Bev
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    Bev A. Kupf
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  • From Ryan Graham@rgraham@RqEwMeOsVtE.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:51:00
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    in article vEJOa.4847$oN.203210@newsfeeds.bigpond.com, N Gilmore at nirgil@NOSPAMbigpond.com wrote on 7/8/03 6:49 PM:

    I need to network a Win XP PC with an Imac (OS 9.1) and an Ibook (OS X). We have a DSL modem that needs to be shared out.

    I have networked PC's and Macs before but I've never done a wireless PC/Mac setup. Can anyone point me where to start?

    regards,
    ng

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