AirPort
Wireless networking ROCKS! Got the PowerBook G3 with an AirPort card and the AirPort base station supplying the signal throughout the house. Can check web, e-mail, watch TV and do the Enhanced TV websites—all sorts of groovy stuff. I really don't feel a bandwidth limitation when I'm web browsing, but I do notice it for the file transfers. Haven't found a spot in the house where I don't get connectivity (though I'm mostly upstairs in the room with the base station or downstairs in the living room). Haven't tested the limits outside the house.
Links
Apple:
- AirPort - Apple's site for information about AirPort wireless Technology.
- AirPort Support - Downloads, updates, discussions and support questions.
- Designing AirPort Networks: Mac OS 10.1, Mac OS 10.3, AirPort Extreme
Apple Tech Info Library:
- How to Set Up File Sharing Between AirPort and Ethernet Computers
- How to Set Up Bridging When Using a Cable Modem
- AirPort Admin Utility 1.2: Network Tab Explained
- Search the Tech Info Library (suggestion: search on the keyword AirPort)
- Potential Sources of Interference
MacInTouch:
- AirPort Wireless Networking - Very good in-depth report.
- Wireless Networking Guide - A number of wireless networking options (including AirPort)
- Reader Report: Wireless Guide - Discussion of AirPort experiences
- Reader Report: AirPort Base Station Antennas. Talks about adding a WaveLAN Extender and also about methods of extending the AirPort's range.
TidBITS:
- Going to the AirPort
- Flying into other AirPorts - Discusses alternatives to Apple's AirPort (compatible and more features).
AirPort Base Station Configurator - This is Java-based, so non-Apple machines can take advantage of Apple's AirPort. Lots of info on the page.
Constantin von Wentzel fixed his broken AirPort Base Station. (Two capacitors blew and he details (w/ pictures) how to replace them.)
Reach Out and Touch Someone: How Bob and His Binoculars Found More Bandwidth and Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bond
Broadband in the Boonies - Coaxing StarBand to Love the Mac
iBook Zone - A Review of the Linsys Wireless AP + 4-port router - This is about the Linksys Wireless Access Point, but I thought I would include the information on this page (perhaps eventually renaming this to be Wireless instead of AirPort) because it was good information and I like (and have) the Linksys Cable/DSL router and perhaps in the future might get this product to combine two pieces of hardware into a single unit.