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2006-02-04
My very generous sister-in-law gave my kids a used G3 iMac for Christmas. The kids immediately took to it because of the games. However, I was more interested in getting it on the Internet. I recently started subscribing to DSL, and received a 4 port wireless router/modem when I signed up. So my first thought was to find a wireless USB adapter. After a couple of trips to the store and some googling, I realized that was a dicey proposition at best. Fortunately my soon-to-be brother-in-law did some searching, too, and found this thread at the macosxhints.com. The fourth post mentions the brilliant solution of using an ethernet bridge. So I headed to Best Buy and bought a Netgear XE102. Wow. Good advice. I can't believe how easy it was to install. No drivers, no installation, no manuals, nothing. Plugged one unit into the wall and connected it my modem. Plugged the other into the wall near the iMac and connected it to the ethernet port. Done.
7:03 PM
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