Re: [WinMac] Windows 2000 as a WaveLAN Base Station
Subject: Re: [WinMac] Windows 2000 as a WaveLAN Base Station
From: Bruce Johnson (johnson[at]pharmacy.arizona.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 11:39:16 EST
Antony N. Lord wrote:
> Details :
>
> * Getting ready to offer wireless access to Mac laptop users (no PC
> laptops)
> * System is currently mixed PC / Mac network
> * Shares cable modem via Macintosh with IPNetRouter
> * Have spare WaveLAN cards (and a PCMCIA -> PCI adaptor)
>
> Now the PCMCIA -> PCI adaptor card isn't supported under any Mac OS
> (although I have contacted IOXperts to see if they have considered
> adding support for it) so it looks like if I want to make a base station
> (with the available gear) its going to have to be done on a Win2000 box.
Try this:
http://www.proxim.com/products/all/skyline/pn476/
That supports a Mac.
> * Am I going to "lose" any Macintosh specific services doing this?
> * Is there going to be a hassle with having essentially 2 gateways?
I don't think so, other than using the Win2k software to administer your
base station. Apple's 802.11 implementation is pretty bog-standard.
Having multiple gateways shouldn't be a problem, since the base station
is acting as a router. The Win2k box is the only one seeing both
segments of the network if it's set up properly (the base station should
be doing NAT for the wireless clients connectin to the other network)
And since it's got two network interfaces all is hunky and dory.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
*** Windows-MacintoshOS Cooperation List ***
FAQ: http://www.darryl.com/winmacfaq/
Archive: http://www.darryl.com/winmac/
To unsubscribe, send mail to winmac-unsubscribe@iffy.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28
: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 11:39:33 EST
|