Can a MAC connect to any ol' WiFi base station?

[MangoTBG]

I actually have two friends asking me this question that I don't know.

Like they want to have 3+ computers connected to a WiFi 802.11G station *Such as a D-Link or LinkSys etc. etc*. Two of the computers are Windows- based, one is Mac based (iBooks). Can they easily do this with any old router or do they need the Mac AirPort Base station?

 

[William]

Yes. I have two PCs connected to my Linksys wifi router, as well as my iBook via its Airport 802.11b card.

 

[Lonyo]

It'll probably say on the box what it works with.
I have a router that on the box says Win 9x, 2k, XP, Linux and Mac.
If it says that, it should work.

 

[MangoTBG]

Do you have to do anything special with the Mac? Like settings wise? Or does it just automatically connect?

 

[Devnut]

Mine automatically connected.. no special config. similar to william's setup above..