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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / March 2005PC and MAC on the same wireless network
have a mac laptop and a pc deskotp. want them to be able to connect wirelessly to the internet but don't necessarily need them to talk to each other. So here is what i plan to do: 1. Connect Linksys wireless router to the cable modem/. 2. Connect Apple Airport to the linksys router. This way mac laptop will connect through the airport to the linksys and then the internet. 3. Install PCI wireless card into PC Desktop and have it connect directly to the linksys router and then the internet. Another solution is to have MAC laptop connect to the linksys router directily so there won't be any need for airport at all. However I'm not sure if linksys router and MAC laptop will be able to speak to each other directly because of compatibility etc. Did anyone ever got MAC and linksys working together? So how do the 2 solutions above sound. Any suggestions are very welcome. asdf: > have a mac laptop and a pc deskotp. want them to be able to connect > wirelessly to the internet [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 3. Install PCI wireless card into PC Desktop and have it connect directly to > the linksys router and then the internet. That will work. The Mac and the PeeCee can share files over the network as well, if you wish. > Another solution is to have MAC laptop connect to the linksys router > directily so there won't be any need for airport at all. However I'm not > sure if linksys router and MAC laptop will be able to speak to each other > directly because of compatibility etc. Did anyone ever got MAC and linksys > working together? The Mac (that's "Mac," not "MAC") may be connected to the Linksys router via Ethernet cable. There is no compatability problem. The protocol is TCP/IP, and that's standard regardless of OS or router brand. > So how do the 2 solutions above sound. Any suggestions are very welcome. I've been doing this for some time, except it's half a dozen or so Macs and one PeeCee laptop. Davoud Mac uses tcp/ip, pc uses tcp/ip and router uses tcp/ip. Does he still need airport router? Mike > asdf: >> have a mac laptop and a pc deskotp. want them to be able to connect [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Davoud yes, my question is the same. If mac is tcp/ip compatible do i even neeed an airport router. Or will Mac laptop be able to connect straight to linksys wireless router directly? > Mac uses tcp/ip, pc uses tcp/ip and router uses tcp/ip. Does he still need > airport router? [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > > > Davoud > yes, my question is the same. If mac is tcp/ip compatible do i even neeed an > airport router. Or will Mac laptop be able to connect straight to linksys > wireless router directly? The Mac with the Airport card in it will be able to connect directly to the linksys router wirelessly. > yes, my question is the same. If mac is tcp/ip compatible do i even neeed an > airport router. Or will Mac laptop be able to connect straight to linksys > wireless router directly? You do not need an AirPort. Your Mac will talk to a Linksys wireless router directly.  SignatureArt, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html You can use either the Linksys or the Airport router and both computers will connect to the internet and talk to each other. m-m > have a mac laptop and a pc deskotp. want them to be able to connect > wirelessly to the internet [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > So how do the 2 solutions above sound. Any suggestions are very welcome. > have a mac laptop and a pc deskotp. want them to be able to connect > wirelessly to the internet [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > So how do the 2 solutions above sound. Any suggestions are very welcome. You do _NOT_ need both. Pick either the Linksys or the Airport base station. Both are 802.11g WiFi Cable/DSL Routers. Having 2 is redundant. "Airport" is just Apple's name for 802.11b and "Airport Extreme" is Apple's name for 802.11g. Bob Harris great. understood. Thanks to everyone for great explanations. > You do _NOT_ need both. Pick either the Linksys or the Airport base > station. Both are 802.11g WiFi Cable/DSL Routers. Having 2 is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bob Harris > 1. Connect Linksys wireless router to the cable modem/. > 2. Connect Apple Airport to the linksys router. This way mac laptop will > connect through the airport to the linksys and then the internet. Unnecessary. The Linksys wireless router can be used directly. Macs work with any standard 802.11 wireless routers; you do not need to use an AirPort base station. I have a mix of Macs, PCs, and Linux boxes using my Linksys wireless router. Here's how I set it up: Step 1: Connect the Linksys router to the cable modem. Step 2: There is no step 2. SignatureArt, photography, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more! www.xeromag.com/franklin.html I have my Linksys connected to the DSL modem. Connected to the Linksys thru ethernet cables are 1) HP box running XP 2) Mac 8600 running OS 8.6 3) Mac G4 running OS 9.2 4) Mac iBook running OS 10.whatever is the latest 4) HP box running RedHat the iBook and RedHat box use the same connection only because they are rarely used, so I can swap the ethernet cables as needed. Don't have any problems. At various times the XP and the 8600 have each been the "primary" connection to the modem. Of course I have the layout with cabling drawn so I can keep everything straight...All of them share the single monitor (let's hear it for switch boxes!) I'm still working on getting them to all share the same keyboard (would make my desk so much tidier). |
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