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passthejoe
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on: December 10, 2006, 01:44
After stalking the wild Orinoco/WaveLan card over eBay, I finally "won" one for $15.50, and it came within the week. I'm running 7.6.1 with Open Transport 1.1.2 on a Powerbook 1400cs 117, and the software from here loaded up great. All I had to do was figure out the settings, which took an hour or so, and I was off and running with Wi-Fi. Settings in the TCP/IP control panel are: Connect via: Ethernet Slot 0 Configure: Using DHCP Server In the WaveLan Setup control panel: WaveLan Network Name: Any I haven't tried the 64-bit encryption, or a specific network name yet, and I am pretty shaky on "flashing" the Silver card to Gold status (and 128-bit encryption) So far the connect is way more solid than with the Fry's brand 802.11g card on my Pentium II MMX 333Mhz. I'll have to compare to the iBook G4 with Airport Express ... but so far connection is good and speeds are as expected. |
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passthejoe
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8 MB Posts: 9
Reply #1 on: December 10, 2006, 01:53
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I'm not sure whether or not the Appletalk settings matter for connecting the Orinoco card to a wireless router, but I've had it on both Ethernet Slot O and Remote, and it seems to work either way.
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #2 on: December 10, 2006, 02:04
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AppleTalk doesn't have anything to do with the Internet. AppleTalk also has nothing to do with AppleShare over IP (what you use if you click "Server IP Address..." in the Chooser). Your probably best just turning AppleTalk off entirely if you don't actually use it (which you don't if choosing "Remote" has no effect on what you're doing - that means connecting to an AppleShare server over a dial up modem).
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passthejoe
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8 MB Posts: 9
Reply #3 on: December 14, 2006, 21:17
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When you go into Chooser to select a network, is that Appletalk or Appleshare or 
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #4 on: December 15, 2006, 13:16
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Quote from: "passthejoe" When you go into Chooser to select a network, is that Appletalk or Appleshare or Networking is built of layers. LocalTalk and Ethernet refer to the hardware layer of networking. AppleTalk, NFS and Samba are communication layers. AppleShare is part of the presentation layer. Macs with serial ports can participate in LocalTalk networks using the serial port. The iMac dropped the serial port and hence dropped built in support for LocalTalk. Macs with and without serial ports however both can use AppleTalk. The Chooser is a local resource and as such would be considered part of AppleShare layer of networking. The Chooser as it shipped with OS 7.6.1 only understands or speaks AppleTalk. The Chooser as it shipped with OS 9 included extensions from Shareway, which allow it to understand NFS. LocalTalk and Ethernet are the hardware of networking. AppleTalk, NFS and others are communications or language of networking. AppleShare is the user interaction with the network. These can be combined in different ways and still produce a useful network. bill
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