Wireless-basic "What is it ?" question.
28 May 2006, 11:57 PM
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Wireless-basic "What is it ?" question.
If we decide to go "wireless " , what does it mean and what do we need ?
At the moment we use broadband BT over a land line (no cable here) connected to an AppleMac. Am I correct in thinking that a wire-less system does away with the cable connection from modem to computer and replaces it with a 'signal' sender unit (transmitter) and a 'receiver' unit has to be plugged into the computer ? Or has it to be a specially made computer terminal ? ie a new computer?
Thanks for any answers.
JBL
At the moment we use broadband BT over a land line (no cable here) connected to an AppleMac. Am I correct in thinking that a wire-less system does away with the cable connection from modem to computer and replaces it with a 'signal' sender unit (transmitter) and a 'receiver' unit has to be plugged into the computer ? Or has it to be a specially made computer terminal ? ie a new computer?
Thanks for any answers.
JBL
29 May 2006, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jbl
If we decide to go "wireless " , what does it mean and what do we need ?
At the moment we use broadband BT over a land line (no cable here) connected to an AppleMac. Am I correct in thinking that a wire-less system does away with the cable connection from modem to computer and replaces it with a 'signal' sender unit (transmitter) and a 'receiver' unit has to be plugged into the computer ? Or has it to be a specially made computer terminal ? ie a new computer?
Thanks for any answers.
JBL
At the moment we use broadband BT over a land line (no cable here) connected to an AppleMac. Am I correct in thinking that a wire-less system does away with the cable connection from modem to computer and replaces it with a 'signal' sender unit (transmitter) and a 'receiver' unit has to be plugged into the computer ? Or has it to be a specially made computer terminal ? ie a new computer?
Thanks for any answers.
JBL
To do this you will need a wireless router (like a Netgear DG834, others are available i just dont know the names lol) with a ADSL modem built in, and some sort of Wireless adaptor for the computer, i dont much about Mac's but as i understand it they can be used wirelessly as well, many adaptros are USB so should be useable !
Hope that helps
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