Broadband / ASDL for MAC and PC

[visvid]

Broadband / ASDL access with 2 Mac ‘s and 1 PC

I am looking at getting broadband at home to replace the ISDN we currently have, and want to look at the best solution for getting 2 Mac’s and 1 PC sharing this Internet connection.

The machines are G5 with OS X , G4 with OS9 and a PC with XP home , these 3 machines are all stand alone at current , and there is no requirement to share data

Not been a MAC expert , but I have read in the brochure something called AirPort , is this something that is built in as standard and would it work with a PC in the network ?

As the MAC’s and PC are in different rooms, our idea is to use a wireless network , have you any experience or best known /used products to use or best solutions in setting this up ?

I need to work out which equipment I would need to buy ? The ISP I am thinking of using will provide a Free modem for either MAC or PC. As the phone line is in the room with the 2 MAC’s I guess I will put it all in there , but I guess I would need something like a router ?


Any suggestions or ideas ?



Cheers

 

[kylebellamy]

The AirPort option is really just a wireless lan so if you go wireless for the other systems, that would be the best. I have 5 Macs and 2 PC's running into a wired router that has a DSL line and that works great. I imagine if you tried to download huge files on all the systems all at the same time, you'd see a slowdown but other than that, it's better than a lot of cable systems I've tried.

Does that help?

http://www.kylebellamy.com

 

[PTmon]

It doesn't matter if you use Airport or some other brand to handle your wireless network, although the airport has some real nice tools to manage it. Linksys, belkin, Netgear all make wireless routers as well. Airport must be managed through your mac. Look for Airport Extreme without the modem if that's the direction you are heading. 802.11g is the faster standard. Make sure whichever router you buy supports that, not just 802.11b. Other routers use a web based interface, you access them from a web browser to configure them. Not as slick as airport, but functional.
pt

http://mahon.homeip.net/remember

 

[visvid]

Cheers for info, I have decided to purchase the Netgear Wireless Modem/Router/firewall with 802.11g. Has anyone ever used the Netgear USB wireless adaptor ? I am thinking of buying this for the iBook ?