[Leica] Wireless Network?

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

Tina - I you're running Macs I'd suggest you get in touch with the 
closest Apple Store and ask them about it.  I've had really good 
experience with the techs at the so-called "Genius Bar" in my local 
store.  I understand they'll help you set up an Apple Airport network 
for PCs, too.

I run two Macs, a PowerBook G4 and an iMac G5 on an Airport Express 
network.  It was pretty easy to set up, but you do need to follow the 
instructions carefully.

The wireless connection does not seem to slow down my cable modem at 
all, but there I think the bottleneck is in the cable network, not 
the wireless network.  Between my two machines, though, it runs a 
about half the speed of a typical Ethernet connection, and Apple 
agrees that's about all it's going to do.  That's also about half the 
advertised speed.  Speed also drops off as you get further and 
further from the Airport device, too.  I don't see any difference 
anywhere in my relatively small house, though.

So, they are a mixed bag, but maybe worth trying.  An alternate, of 
course, is to set up a small wired Ethernet network.  If you can deal 
with the wires it should be easier to set up and I would expect it to 
be faster overall.

Good luck.


>LUG:
>
>I've got lots of questions today, but they all relate to Leica 
>someway ;-)   Besides, there are so many experts on the LUG that 
>somebody always has an answer.
>
>My husband wants to establish a wireless network in our house so he 
>and my daughter don't have to use my desk computer every time they 
>wants to send e-mail or use Google.  I have a cable modem that is 
>very fast and I use it every day, all day, to FTP my Leica photos 
>all over the world.  I don't want to do anything that would 
>interfere with my fast connection and FTP service.  I know nothing 
>about wireless networks.  Is it possible to have a wireless 
>connection that is as fast as my cable modem?  What do I need for 
>that?  I don't even know what to look up on Google to find such a 
>thing.  Help?!
>
>TIA
>
>Tina
>
>Tina Manley, ASMP
>www.tinamanley.com
>
>
>
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Regards,

Dick
Boston MA