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Switching from PC and Mac to PC and PC--wtih airport..

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bigben2wardpitt

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Currently we have Verizon DSL service, with a Westell Modem and an airport for the current mac in the house to connect wirelessly. The PC Is connected straight to the modem, but for the mac to run wirelessly we got the airport. All of this stuff was quite expensive. I know I could resell the airport, and just somehow work out the modem now with the PC inthe back of the house, i guess through a DSL connection, but i dont know how, unless u can use a phone line plug for DSL. (i am so internet/network related retarted).

^^^THAT QUESTION WAS ANSWERED BELOW,

so i bought..

http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g_11b_cards/11bUSB.php

still waiting for it, do u guys think it will work?
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Ok well i have a new problem located at this link--

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=36&threadid=1776650

pleae go there to help!!
 
You can use the Airport as an normal WLAN access point for the Dell if you buy a internal WLAN card or an USB stick thing for the Dell. The old "Airport Base Station" supports the 802.11b protocol (11 MBit) while the newer "Airport Extreme Base Station" supports both 802.11b and g (54 MBit). I think there's even an Airport administration program available for Windows from Apple. However WLANs have a limited range, so if the new place for the Dell is farther than where the Mac was, I'd test it with the Mac first before buying WLAN. But if the Dell is placed on the floor (obstacles between client and access point!) or if you use a weak USB solution, this further decreases the WLAN coverage...

It's possible to connect the router and the Dell with a normal Ethernet wire over big distances, this would increase the local bandwith with no doubt (and Ethernet wire isn't that expensive).

And on your last question, the Airport Base Station is a router already, no need to buy another one.

I'll leave it to the gurus to answer the question if/which WLAN options for a dell system are good and to you the price calculations 🙂
 
ok well i dont want to do anything internally, being an old desktop i would be performing it on. the usb stick ones are good, but which one is the question. I just tested my linksys wireless card (not USB, just an external card) and it picked up no connection, so i need the RIGHT USB stick.

any help here?
 
Uh, did you buy this USB WLAN stick for the Dell or for the Mac laptop? Because this company only ships unsupported 3rd party Windows drivers with this stick. For the Mac seems to be a good choice IF you don't have OS X (not a *blue* Apple logo in the top left corner of the desktop). But Apple ships Macs with OS X since summer 2001. The stick is therefor not very future-proof but then again, I don't know if $110 is a good price for a WLAN USB stick.
 
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