Island Roots Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Say I were to get an AirPort card, would I be able to configure it to work with a wireless LinkSYS router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCe| Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 yup thats how my ibook is doing it :) works fine too connected that and i cna logon to my xp networks and everything :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 lol you could try. :D ;) yeah it'd probably work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Roots Posted December 10, 2002 Author Share Posted December 10, 2002 Sweet, looks like I'll be making my house wireless ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 i think you could do everything you could do with a normal 802.11b card since it is 802.11b compliant and all right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 My roommate has an Airport card in his iMac which connects to our Netgear wireless router! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Roots Posted December 11, 2002 Author Share Posted December 11, 2002 One last question, is it relatively easy to set up with a wireless LinkSYS router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 probably. there doesn't seem to be anything to terribly confusing about setting up wireless cards. i have a d-link router and a usrobotics wireless card. works fine for me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebOrbiter Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Yes, though if you want 40 or 128-bit encryption, that gets a little tricky, but definitely doable. Mine works perfect :pc: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Roots Posted December 12, 2002 Author Share Posted December 12, 2002 Nah, security won't be of concern to me. I'll only have my desktop and iBook set up on the wireless network, nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 ahh but if you don't encrypt it, anyone could drive by your house and connect to your network ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Roots Posted December 13, 2002 Author Share Posted December 13, 2002 ahh but if you don't encrypt it, anyone could drive by your house and connect to your network ;) But who will actually do that? Also, the wireless router description says you can assign usernames/passwords to computers you want to permit access to...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 heh that would be encryption i believe ;) and computer geeks like to drive around and hassle wireless networks sometimes. trust me, i know a couple of people who do it when they're bored ;P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCe| Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 But who will actually do that? Also, the wireless router description says you can assign usernames/passwords to computers you want to permit access to...? hehe one time i was board, i picked up my ibook and went driving around my hood to see who had wireless networks and i found 4 of them only one was pass protected, and the other 3 were all free to get in, now i know where to go to surf the net if i ever get raid of me cable :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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