[V12]

okay, i for the first time will be taking my PB with me out of my airport/router range, should i turn airport off before leaving, or just just leave it?

also, i will be going to a relatives house who has a wireless router set up, is there anything i have to do you use that signal (will my PB just pick up the signal?)

thanks

[mgehman]

Just leave it turned on. If you are going on a plane, they would prefer you turn it off if you are going to use it to watch a movie or something.
Once you get to your relatives house, as long as they have a wireless b/g system you should be able to connect right up. If it is password protected and isn't an Airport, you may have to enter the binhex equivalent password, or if it is an Airport you just need to put there password in. Either way it is fairly easy. Hope this helps

Originally posted by V12:
okay, i for the first time will be taking my PB with me out of my airport/router range, should i turn airport off before leaving, or just just leave it?

also, i will be going to a relatives house who has a wireless router set up, is there anything i have to do you use that signal (will my PB just pick up the signal?)

thanks

[V12]

well i am bringing it to my uncles house thursday and he had a wireless network set up (either b/g) as for traveling i will be vacationing in a few months, however i also have summer houses. so i would just leave the airport on and not worry about it? will i get a promt that i am out of range or anything?

[MrForgetable]

no, the airport signal will just show no bars on the system toolbar.

[V12]

oh ok

and what if i were just to turn it off? would that cuase me any problems?

[MrForgetable]

nope. nothing will happen. you will be able to turn it back on.

[SSharon]

turning it off also saves on battery so if you are not using it for a while (and there is no chance of picking up a random signal (neighbor or whatever) I would leave it off and get the extra few minutes of battery life.

[amazing]

Originally posted by V12:
oh ok

and what if i were just to turn it off? would that cuase me any problems?

Best suggestion is to setup a location that doesn't use airport or bluetooth (unless you need it, natch) so as to preserve your battery. Then you just switch locations under the Apple Menu.

If your guest wireless routers have WEP or MAC (machine address) address filtering implemented, you can setup locations for each WEP router. Then you'd give the MAC address of your airport card (and even the ethernet MAC address) to your host so that they can enter it into their router settings. Since you may need the MAC addresses over and over again, you should just keep them in your PIM for future reference.

You find the MAC address by having both airport and ethernet active in the Network Prefs, then selecting the appropriate interface and clicking on the "Ethernet" tab where the MAC address for that interface is listed. I believe you can also find the MAC in Apple System Profiler. Just remember that neither software will list the MAC address if the interface isn't active.