Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I fully agree with Brian. Linksys (part of Cisco) makes great stuff. We have one such router at home, and at any given time 4-5 computers connect through it to the net, all wirelessly. It does not matter whether they are Windows PCs or Macs. Nathan Brian Reid wrote: > >> A solution may be to identify the software that launches the >> connection and copy it across to the laptop you want to use >> independently. Some configuration may be necessary (eek!) > > Both the Apple Airport device and the Linksys router are quite capable > of launching and maintaining ISP connections entirely on their own. > They just have to be told to do it, which, alas, requires actual > reading of actual documentation. > > The right way to think about these devices is quite simple. The DSL or > cablemodem provides a connection for one computer. These devices have > an "inside" and an "outside". On the outside, they connct to the DSL > or cablemodem and pretend to be a computer; on the inside, they offer > connections to your computers and pretend to be your ISP. Those inside > connections can be either wired or wireless. The Apple device has one > wired connection and can do 12 wireless; the Linksys device has four > wired connections and can do 11 wireless. > > If it is not configured properly, it is quite possible that it needs > at least one computer connected on the inside. > > Despite being a Mac user and Apple bigot, I am a big fan of Linksys > and tell all of my friends and relatives to buy them. My current > favorite is the WRT54G. > > A brand new Linksys WRT54G router can be had for about US$55 pretty > much anywhere in North America, and it comes with the ability to > configure itself automatically for nearly every ISP and cable company. > If I were charged with solving this problem, I would value my time at > $60/hour, assume that it would take me more than one hour to diagnose > and repair the configuraton problem, and treat the thing as > disposable. The "setup wizard" that ships with modern Linksys routers > is worth its weight in gold. > > Brian Reid > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!