Hello Mike, MACWORLD must of had you in mind for this months issue (the one with the eMac on the cover) They do a review of alternatives to the AirPort Base Station...ie all the features cost and Mac friendlyness.
Their choice: Netgear MR-314 Cable/DSL wireless router @ $160.00!
Richard
On Thursday, 04, 2002, at 10:18PM, Mike <tuco_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
>I have an Imac 800, a newton, and a cable modem connection. I was
>connecting them through a asante friendlynet router and a 3com card and it
>worked great. Now my router has died (long story, I adjusted it's settings,
>forgot the password and can't reset it). So I have begun my search for a
>new router and began thinking wireless.
>
>I've read that a newton can be connected with a WaveLan card. My question
>is does it also require a base station, or can I put an airport card in the
>mac and a WaveLan in the newton and have them "talk"?
>
>As far a wireless networks go which would be the cheapest route, while still
>offering good performance? I don't want to spend $300 for an airport base
>station and another $100 for the card, although I like the idea of using it
>in case I buy another laptop in the future.
>
>Mike
>
>
>Also, still looking for a used copy of NS Basic and/or NewtCard
>
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