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Title: Linksys wired router with Apple Airport wireless?
Post by: MamaMoose on September 10, 2003, 10:36:12 PM

In my new homme I have a Linksys 4 port DSL/Cable router to which I have connected my G4 dual 1 GHz and my laser printer. I now want to hook my wife's G4 single 500 MHz to the router. However, it her office and  my home office are ~ 70 feet apart and to connect a Cat 5 cable between the two rooms will be very difficult.

So, can I connect one of the ports from the Linksys to an Airport base station , which in turn could transmit to my wife's computer? I have an early (original?) version of the Airport base station with an Airport card that goes into the G4 500 MHz tower. that I have never used.

I know that Airport is a router in itself and I am not sure I can connect the output of the Linksys to the WAN input of Airport via Ethernet.

Does any of this make sense or is a dumb idea. By the way my wife does not need the higher speed of the direct connection.


Thanks for any thoughts,
MamaMoose

Title: Linksys wired router with Apple Airport wireless?
Post by: ljocampo on September 10, 2003, 11:22:02 PM

MamaMoose:

I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work.  Many schools often daisy chains several base stations to their ethernet networks without a bridge.  The base station is just another branch on the network router.  Just be sure to assign the proper IP to it.

Good Luck

Title: Linksys wired router with Apple Airport wireless?
Post by: Thomas S. England on September 11, 2003, 05:26:25 AM

First, let me state that I'm no expert on these gizmos, in fact, I'm always surprised when I get things to work.

But I have the Linksys BEFW11S4 router linking a couple of laptops with my DSL & it provides wireless all by itself. I don't have an Airport base station. Have you checked to see if you already have wireless in the air?

Title: Linksys wired router with Apple Airport wireless?
Post by: Bill on September 11, 2003, 05:34:53 PM

MM.
I'm a green horn (actually not even that ripe) in this field.

I have an airport base station and three computers talking to the base station by way of wireless. Meaning no cables connected from the base station to any of the computers.
My distance appears to be good for around one hundred feet.
You just need to punch in the numbers correctly.
Ain't that right kps. <gr>