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Congrats to Glenn Fleischman on the informative aiport extreme article. Finally some figures to dispell the fog. With an article like that in the old days, I'd never have gotten my graphite.
One question: The article has one sentence that states that a 'b' client joining an extreme network 'slows everyone down.' Can you clarify that? Apple's press doesn't answer this question, either. Does everything slow down to 'b' transfer rates to the server? Or is it something in between?
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Great airport extreme article
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Posted 24 May 2003 - 07:18 AM
Here's the explanation of what happens in a mixed client wireless router:
http://www.infoworld...standard_1.html
http://www.infoworld...standard_1.html
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Posted 04 June 2003 - 11:03 PM
I agree, I was looking more carefully into wireless networking as I want to network the three computers in our house but the idea of drilling holes in the walls (even with clean pretty wall plates covering the holes) upsets my mom. And then the Airport issue arrived in the mail as if you guys were reading my mind. Up to date information and reviews of current routers. I was thrilled.
But there's one aspect I was especially interested in: wireless printing. I'm the main computer user around here so I have no problem with getting ink for my printer, my sister runs out of ink and I hate having to support her printer in consumables (she can't afford ink cartridges), and my mom never uses her printer so the cartridges dry out without being used. I'd like to network all the computers to one printer to reduce over ink costs. But the wireless issue mearly mentions the Apple Airport Base Station having a USB print server. I was hoping for more information about other companies' solutions. There are other routers that have print servers and USB print servers that are separate from routers, ect. I wanted to know how hard it would be to get one of them running on a mixed (PC and Mac) wireless network. Does it matter if the printer is routed to a parallel print server instead of a USB server?
From the wireless issue one would get the idea the only wireless printing solution is to buy Apple's Base Station, which seems to be a mediocre device considering it's higher cost and poorer reception when compared to other 802.11g routers.
One hasn't completely freed themselves from wires if they can't print a simple email or spreadsheet without plugging in.
But there's one aspect I was especially interested in: wireless printing. I'm the main computer user around here so I have no problem with getting ink for my printer, my sister runs out of ink and I hate having to support her printer in consumables (she can't afford ink cartridges), and my mom never uses her printer so the cartridges dry out without being used. I'd like to network all the computers to one printer to reduce over ink costs. But the wireless issue mearly mentions the Apple Airport Base Station having a USB print server. I was hoping for more information about other companies' solutions. There are other routers that have print servers and USB print servers that are separate from routers, ect. I wanted to know how hard it would be to get one of them running on a mixed (PC and Mac) wireless network. Does it matter if the printer is routed to a parallel print server instead of a USB server?
From the wireless issue one would get the idea the only wireless printing solution is to buy Apple's Base Station, which seems to be a mediocre device considering it's higher cost and poorer reception when compared to other 802.11g routers.
One hasn't completely freed themselves from wires if they can't print a simple email or spreadsheet without plugging in.
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