[Gllug] wireless

Paul Nasrat pauln at truemesh.com
Tue Jul 23 11:57:36 UTC 2002


On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 12:39:32PM +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote:
> hiya people
> 
> i'm a total newbie when it comes to wireless stuff, so i thought i'd ask you
> guys :)
> 
> i've got a mac running mac os x with a network card by the tv downstairs
> (going to be my divx/svcd player)
> and actual network and my broadband connection is upstairs
> i don't want to put in a long cable from downstairs to upstairs
> so i was thinking about buying something wireless
> 
> so what should i buy? want something cheap..

You'll need an airport card for the Mac and then either a pcmcia
wireless card (possibly with ISA or PCI converter for a desktop) a usb
wireless card or a wireless hub.

You can get a PCI wireless card from dabs, but I'd seriously recommend
for going for something like the buffalo's.

Paul

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