Tomchu said "3MB/s" which I take to be "three megabytes per second," while the 802.11g standard gives us a theoretical max of 54 "megaBITS per second." That is a theoretical max (…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter .... all of the "SRX," "speed boost," "rate doubler," etc. technologies are proprietary; you WILL NOT get the advertised speeds unless you u…

I actually get up to about 4 MB/s when in the same room as the router, or in the next one.

Quote: Originally Posted by domcaz Yes - I know this, but both Netgear and Linksys have told me that their technologies will still give SLIGHTLY better range than their older 's…

I'm using a Mac Mini as a file server (OSX Tiger, not server edition) and can access the Mini's external drives to store backups on from my powerbook. My wife uses a Wintel laptop…

After much searching on the web, I came across SharePoints, and this works. I can create new shares and make them work with SMB sharing. I just do a search on the XP laptop for w…

Here's the situation. I have two PB's. One stays at home. I have a LaCIE 500 GB external hard drive connected to this PB. I want to back up the files from a second PB onto the LaCi…

I have a similar set up, with various LaCie drives mounted on my G5 desktop system. If I want to read or write files on one of these external volumes over the network from my lapto…

THANK you! Worked like a charm. Really appreciate the help! John

You are welome. Glad to be of help. It's what these forums are for, afterall!

I've been reading around on how to make use of the FPT capabilities built into OSX. I'm kind of clueless, on this area. I would like to be able to remotely log into my mac at hom…

I use Interarchy to pick up stuff from my desktop system that I "forgot" to take with me to work on my MacBook Pro. A single-user licence is only $39 and it's really easy to use, a…

I'm trying to do the same thing, does it matter if the computer goes to sleep?

Do you need a static IP for this? I tried to set up my airport with a static IP (I read instruction on portforward.com) but, Comcast won't give me the IP for the DNS server (I thi…

A static IP is obviously preferable but most ISPs won't give you one unless you pay silly money for a business account. But if you are using a cable modem, running a LAN behind a r…

Thanks CMS! I've usually just been satisfied with hooking up the airport and logging right on, but learning all these new tricks with networking is starting to interest me more. …

There is excellent info on this topic including a detailed step by step video at this link: http://howto.diveintomark.org/remote-mac/ enjoy, Rich

The quicktime guide is brilliant if not confusingly extensive for a newbie. Would the procedure be the same if you just want to connect mac to mac rather that pc to mac? What progr…

OK, there is a somewhat simpler way, but it is less secure from hackers because it uses standard ssh port 22 and passwords. Hackers can scan for open ports and then try to guess we…

RJT thanks for putting so much effort into the response. I tried it already and it worked. I was amazed. I am on dsl and my mums on dial up I guess it must be the dial up end tha…

Quote: Originally Posted by McMark The quicktime guide is brilliant if not confusingly extensive for a newbie. Would the procedure be the same if you just want to connect mac to…

Hi Lurk this is quite a lot to take in. I will certainly be giving it a shot. Just downloaded sshelper. Will take a while to get a handle on the detail but will try it. thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by McMark Hi Lurk this is quite a lot to take in. I will certainly be giving it a shot. Just downloaded sshelper. Will take a while to get a handle on …

Hi McMark, Glad you were successful in using VNC over SSH to control your Moms computer. Since your Mom is on a dial-up connection which is only active intermittantly (when your M…

To add one more thing to what rjt1000 wrote, VNC viewers also allow you to set a connection profile. If you use fewer colors the screen refresh over the VNC connection will also be…