About two weeks ago I switched from Roadrunner to U-Verse. The modem for Roadrunner was in my office, while the modem for U-Verse was in my living room and on the opposite side of the house.
After buying (and returning) and router/range extender/access point I looked at what hardware I had in my office that I could use to get my wired computers and NAS drives online. At first I tried a Bay Trail computer I had and it worked great with a Ubuntu bootable USB drive. I had to join the network after each boot but it was straightforward. However after a while it would try to boot the USB drive and would sit at a blank screen.
I wondered if the iBook could do the same thing. After trying it out it worked like a charm. At the moment it is sitting on my bookshelf running Internet Sharing until I get the Bay Trial box working again or buy a different wireless range extender with ethernet connectivity. I hope I can resolve the issue on the other computer - I miss playing Diablo II on it.
After buying (and returning) and router/range extender/access point I looked at what hardware I had in my office that I could use to get my wired computers and NAS drives online. At first I tried a Bay Trail computer I had and it worked great with a Ubuntu bootable USB drive. I had to join the network after each boot but it was straightforward. However after a while it would try to boot the USB drive and would sit at a blank screen.
I wondered if the iBook could do the same thing. After trying it out it worked like a charm. At the moment it is sitting on my bookshelf running Internet Sharing until I get the Bay Trial box working again or buy a different wireless range extender with ethernet connectivity. I hope I can resolve the issue on the other computer - I miss playing Diablo II on it.