Apple rip off
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- CyBrainX
I just got my new 17" MiniMe powerbook and don't get me wrong. I love the thing to death, but did you know that if you want to use your airport card to get online through your Cable or DSL you have to buy the Airport hub? The card is $150 and comes with the computer, but the hub, which looks like a white boob costs $250l. I would have thought the nearly $4000 I spent would have been enough. I feel like I bought a car without an engine.
- gamma8880
i thought that x-airport card is compatible with ANY WAP, even with new 54 mbs one.
- err0
Wait lemme get this straight you thought that you could magically connect to your standard cable/DSL modem through your airport card?
Or you have a 802.11b router and the new airport card doesn't work with it. It will only work with the "white boob"?
What are you saying?
- kpl0
airport x (base and card) is compatible with any wi-fi base or card that uses 802.11b. or so says apple's website.
as for the 54mbps 802.11g... from what I understand that spec isn't final yet so things aren't guaranteed to work.
- protoculture0
kpl is right, you dont have to buy the airport hub in order to get wireless. you can buy any 802.11b access point.
- lemon7140
just wander around your town or city and leech off other peoples hubs.it s done all the time.
- ribit0
You need something to 'broadcast' your DSL/cable to the airwaves...
You could use a Mac with an Airport card and Internet Sharing switched on (or a PC Wi-Fi equivalent), a wireless access point , a combo wireless basestation-router, an Apple Airport base station... etc
- unknown0
that doesnt sound right...think you need to do some research dude
- ribit0
These seem to be the best quality/value:
http://www.dlink.com/products/di…
You can get 3in1 combo (DSL modem/router/base station), or just router/base station.
- krts0
As far as I know. If you only want to connect two macs all you need is two ariport cards. You only need a base station for long distances or multiple macs. Go ask at your local "Genius Bar" :)
- preston0
I'd stay away from DLink stuff... while the box says it works with a Mac... if you call them up for tech support, they wont help... they say its not OFFICIALLY supported or some shit
- ribit0
yep..you can have a wired connection to one Mac, then use it's Airport card and Internet Sharing to share the connection to another Mac with an Airport card or PC with Wi-Fi card). I was doing that until i got the router... less hassle (i.e. you don't lose the connection on the second Mac when rebooting the first etc...)
And of course two Macs with Airport cards can use File Sharing between them without any base station or wired internet connection.
D-Link support Mac fine (and I've had no problemss with their phone support)... the Mac is after all just a client to the router... you could hang a PC, Mac, Unix box, Palm, Pocket PC, Atari?, whatever you like of fit...it's all standard networking with a web browser configuration page...