Quote: Originally Posted by sonicularulus I just got a new modem from Verizon Online (thank the guy who invented negotiations...i was able to talk them into a new free modem!) A…

are you sure...all i see is aboutt routers... im referring to the wifi card that should go into the computer itself...

Mac-compatible ones are very hard to find. There are a few on eBay but at inflated prices. I decided to go with a wireless Ethernet bridge instead.

I've never heard of one of those. Thanks for replying I'm off to google 'wireless ehernet bridge'

An ethernet bridge converts/connects two different networks. In the case of a wireless ethernet bridge, it's going to connect a wireless network with a wired one. This effectivel…

Here is a list of wireless products with Mac drivers. http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm Remember that manufacturers often have many different revisions of the sa…

nice find that list, cheers!

Here's another site with chipsets for wireless products: http://broadcom.rapla.net/ Click the chipset manufacturer name at the bottom to see products with their chipsets. I can't …

I don't think that's the device you're looking for. This one joins your wireless computers with your wired network. Belkin offers this device which will plug into your mini's eth…

Thanks, I think I meant the adapter and not the access point. I'll probably go with the Belkin adapter instead of a USB device, as it seems the Belkin will be more straight forwar…

No problem. Yes, it will definitely be much easier to spend the money and get something you know will work.

good post i await any responses because i to am looking into a Linksys

I just have a regular WRT54G v4 flashed with DD-WRT. I can use it with speeds of around 3 MB/s anywhere in my house.

3mb/s isn't that a bit slow?

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…

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…

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 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…