[muglo] Re: powerbook
- From: Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:52:55 -0400
Hi Jim, I'm fairly sure I've mentioned this to you before, but, just in cas=
e...
If you were to get Bell's high speed internet (called Bell Sympatico
High Speed Edition) for your home in London (?) they would *also*
provide you with 10 hours/month "complementary" dial-up access. I'm
99.9% sure that they'll have a local access number for Port Stanley.
As for wrapping your head around "wireless"... it's essentially an
ethernet wire between your computer and the Rogers modem that
functions via radio waves.
For high speed internet you already have:
1. A "cable modem"
2. An ethernet cable that runs from the modem to your computer.
To do "wireless" networking you need a wireless "base station". You
plug the cable modem (the internet side of things) into your wireless
base station, and, in turn, the wireless base station establishes
wireless connections with the "client" laptops/desktops(1) and shares
the internet with these clients using radio waves.
(1) a wireless card is obviously required for the computer ;-)
A wireless base station also ususally includes a few ports which allow
it to share the internet with "wired" computers (in this way wireless
routers/basestations are identical to wired routers (it is the
wireless part that is called the basestation)).
PS You may already have a "wired"-only router. The wireless
router/basestation will replace the wired-only router since the
wireless router/basestation can provide connectivity to both wired and
wireless computers.
Pricing is quite variable -- you can spend $30 on a functional 802.11G
(Apple has called this Airport Extreme) wireless-wired router (I've
seen my Netgear 614MR for $30 after rebates... and I'm happy with it
(I think I paid $60 after tax and rebates)) or you can pay up to $250
for Apple's Airport Extreme basestation*.
*The Airport Extreme basestation is a marvellous piece of engineering.
It offers features not found in most other basestations and is
extremely easy to configure from the Mac (though, so is the Netgear
614MR... it has a web interface with a "Setup Wizard" that takes you
through all the steps necessary to set up the router/base station).
That said, it is probably overkill for 95% of home users.
Eric.
On 9/21/05, Hawk <taylorc547@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, Eric I've been having trouble getting my head around wireless. This
> despite my wife trying to lead me by the hand. Just not sure how it works=
.
> Here's what I mean . . . sorta.
> Something went wrong with my G4 modem at some point and I could no
> longer access my ISP. Finally switched to Rogers high-speed. But I also h=
ave
> an older computer in Port Stanley (the one I'm replacing) using the same =
ISP
> ($16 a month) I orginally had. Rogers, of course, would charge another
> fortune to cover that computer so I kept my original ISP for it, which wo=
rks
> fine there. I'm wondering how that will work with a laptop. I don't know
> what a static IP website of DHCP connection is. I get the high speed via=
TV
> cable through a Rogers "modem."
> Geez, call from best buy sales type was just followed by call from th=
e
> store manager. Hmmmm. jim
>
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