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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / April 2005apple airport extreme base station and broadband
Hi I have a G4 powerbook and have just purchased an Airport Extreme base station. Is this all I need to connect wirelessly to the net? I have a broadband connection but no router or broadband modem? Will the base station suffice? If not, what else do I need - any recommendations most welcome? Thanks, MM > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I have a broadband connection but no router or broadband modem? Will > the base station suffice? What does that mean? How can you have a broadband connection with no modem? To what do you connect a piece of equipment? Given that you just misspoke, connect the WAN port of the AEBS to the "broadband connection". The AEBS will perform DHCP and NAT routing functions and is all you need to connect wirelessly. > If not, what else do I need - any recommendations most welcome?  SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF cheers tom. i think. i just have a regular phone socket with a line filter - do i just plug int he base station and hey presto? the reason i ask is i'm waiting for it to be delivered and want to know if i need any other kit. mm > cheers tom. i think. i just have a regular phone socket with a line > filter - do i just plug int he base station and hey presto? the reason > i ask is i'm waiting for it to be delivered and want to know if i need > any other kit. If you didn't get a DSL modem or DSL router when you ordered your DSL service then you'll need to buy one - the Airport Base Stations does not have a DSL interface. You need a DSL modem with an Ethernet interface - the ABS connects to the DSL modem via Ethernet. Paul thanks a lot. that's what i needed to know. Why don't they include a DSL interface into the base station. Seems nuts to me for a company who are usually so thorough! > thanks a lot. that's what i needed to know. Why don't they include a > DSL interface into the base station. Seems nuts to me for a company who > are usually so thorough! because then they would also need to include a Cable Modem interface as well. Besides, many Cable and DSL broadband providers actually provide the modem, so what benefit is it to Apple. I have Verizon DSL, and they gave me the modem as part of the package. Bob Harris I got one as part of my package too but it isn't mac friendly. It's an Alcatel frog which causes kernel panics on a regular basis. |
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