Wireless networking (affordible solution?)

[Karl Blessing]

Well I finally got my G4, currently I have it hooked up in another room, but had to trail a ethenet cable to it from a Router.

I was looking into some Wireless solutions, AirPort being the most known, I looked at it, the price for the AirPort base is way beyound the budget I would want to spend just to bridge an ethernet connection (between just two PCs even).

But I've seen some wirreless ethernet bridges, but they were for windows setup only.

Can anyone sugest a possible solution to cut the cord, but stil be based on ethernet connections, and not some proprietory card or setup that would cost too much for the task.

I might just end up getting better cabeling and taping it to the edge of the wall or on the ceiling.

The Machine in my room is a Tbird 1Ghtz running Windows 2000, and the other(in the living room area at the moment) is a G4 733 Running OS X(why must it have both OS 9.2 and OS X at the same time?)

At the moment i just want to share internet, but it would be nice to figure out how to share my HP PhotoSmart 1215 printer that is hooked to my PC with the G4 over the network, despite the G4 did come with a LexMark printer free, I dont really want to mantain two printers. and the HP is much nicer. Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}

 

[PTmon]

There is no "cheap" solution as the technology is still relatively new. YOur cheapest solution would be "hide the cables" either run them through the walls under the floor, or wherever makes the most sense for you location. Around the edge if the room under the carpet is pretty quick and dirty too. There are several manufacturers that are making airport-like devices with switches built right in. Macsense for one. The problem is that you still get to buy two cards for your computers. Since neither your Mac or PC are laptops, I don't see how being wireless is really any benefit, unless you rearrange your furniture *alot*
Best of luck,
PT

 

[Karl Blessing]

Thanks for the tip , I have a roommate that moving in , about a month from now, He's wanting to use the mac I have (well gee who wouldn't, it looks pretty sweet). In any case I have the G4 out in my dinning area (it's a small 2bedroom 2 bathroom type of house, with an adjoining living room and dining room, you can see pictures of the G4 , and my PC at

http://www.kb244.com

then click gallery) , but there may be a possibility that i will build a 3rd PC (mac too expensive, and besides he doesnt hardly do anything with a pc other than chat, and surf the net, etc) , so cabeling can get pretty hetic. I'm probally going to want to go out, and find some top brand ethernet cables (STP probally) so that they are more durable against the edge of walls, and such, and not get twisted in a knot easily.

Thanks for the advice however, it does seem that like DVD burners, I will have to wait til the technology has grasped a large enough audience to bring the cost down. Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}