[DM-MUG] Wireless and non-Wireless (THANKS!)

[AB]

Well at least there was some what of a break. I was one of three people required to work at the
store. Touch the iPhone!!! I haven't made it that far yet. 

The correct ASCII order was Internet--->> Wireless DSL Actiontec Modem--->> Wired Router--->>
Desktops

I wanted to know if the following breakdown was possible or if i was just doing some wishful
thinking
Internet--->> Wireless Modem --->> (bypass Wired Router) --->> Wireless Laptop.

You've been a great help! I'm not sure everything mentioned sunk in, but most of it did. I know
about WEP, but not WAPs and I am sure I can configure the wireless modem to act as a WAP. YAYE!!!
Networking is a frustrating riddle! 

And I'm not as familiar with older apple accessories like the older airport basestations. Dial up
on a mac is shameful.heh heh. just kidding. Have a good weekend everyone! Thanks again!

~A.


The 4th was great....but being midweek made really getting
 away a bit harder.

I can't answer your WiFi Q == but I am going out to AppleStore later today to just touch the
iPhone....still don't know what I am going to do but its ability to use WiFi is a big selling
point for me.
-- 
Victoria L. Herring,

Here's some ASCII art of what I think you are describing:

Internet---Wired Router---Wireless Modem - - -Laptop

Correct my diagram, if wrong.

In answer to your question, it depends on how the Wireless
 Modem is configured. You should be able to access the Internet from
 the laptop wirelessly with this setup once everything is configured
 correctly. If the Wireless Modem has a setting to make it act like a
 standard Wireless Access Point (or WAP), then that's what you want.

-- 
Tired programmer
Coding late into the night
The core dump follows

My GNUPG public key is available at
 http://www.kristau.net/public_key.asc


You are correct; that setup will work if configured
 properly (Apple  
has a guide to doing this for AirPort basestations, check
 their web  
site.)

I actually have a similar setup (actually one more box):

Internet---Mediacom Cable Modem---Wired Router(LinkSys)---WiFi  basestation (Apple Airport)
----Laptop with built-in WiFi

I can also plug wired computers into the Wired router and access the Internet from them, too.  I
do this with a Windows PC.

By the way, "Wireless modem" should be "WiFi Basestation". It's not a modem, although my Airport
WiFi Basestation does ALSO have a modem in it so that it can dial out to connect to dialup
internet if you don't have broadband or you can connect into your home network from the road via
PPP too.  Apple had dropped the modem from their latest Airport basestation(s), unfortunately.

  - Bill



       
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