T&T: Wi-fi net

[LRZeitlin@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/2/06 12:00:58 AM, 
trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com writes:


> 
> <<What equipment do you suppose he had to be able to pick up a signal and
> then become his own hot spot?>>
> 
> Likely as simple as one wireless router to connect to the marina - hardwired
> to a second wireless router to broadcast his own signal.
> 
> 
If you are lucky enough to own a recent Apple computer (and some other 
brands) you already have this capability without buying any additional equipment. 
All Apple IMacs, iBooks, recent Powerbooks and MacBook Pro laptops have built in 
ethernet ports and Airport wi-fi. If any one of your computers is hardwired 
to a cable or DSL modem (or even to a telephone connection) it can serve as a 
wi-fi transceiver and can connect up all your other wi-fi enabled computers in 
a network and to the internet. I'm writing this post on an older iBook laptop 
while lounging on my livingroom sofa. Its wi-fi output is received by my Intel 
IMac in my office 60 feet away. The iMac is connected via ethernet cable to a 
cable modem, and thence to the internet. The hookup is automatic and no 
additional equipment is needed.

Larry Z