[reemas]

i want to transfer large amounts of files wireless to my friends new powerbook.

how would we set this up wirelessly?
is it possible?

also can powerbooks act as bridges or wireless routers?

thanks.

[iPoder]

You can create an ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) mode wireless network by simply "Create Network ..." under your Airport icon.

Depending on your wireless type (Airport: 802.11b: 11 Mbps or Airport Extreme: 802.11g : 54 Mbps), the network speed is not as good as using a wired network at 100 or 1000 Mbps. But it should be painless in term of ease of use.

I actually never try this because I only have one wireless notebook, but it seems to be very straight-forward to me. After it is created, your friend notebook should be able to see your wireless network. Turn on your file sharing, and look up your computer on the other machine.

If you have a huge file to transfer and have a combo drive, I say burning a CD is easiest. Other way is to get a USB flash drive.

Oh, BTW, I believe that your computer can be in either infrastructure mode (to Airport station) or in ad-hoc (host-to-host) mode at any given time.

[iREZ]

Target disk mode is probably the fastest way to get something from one comp to another. Hold down t during startup on one of the machines and make sure that both machines are connected via firewire and voila all you do is treat one of the machines as an external HD.

[MrForgetable]

And if you both have FW800, it'll be even faster

[benwhanlee]

if you're both on the same wireless network then just turn on filesharing on both your computers (under sharing in system preferences). then you can log into each others computers and just take whatever you want from each machine. make sure to log in as a registered user on the other machine, or set up user accounts to do this.

as far as i know, i don't think the machines themselves work as wireless routers.

[MRTrauffer]

I used to own an iBook G4 w/ airport. When I upgraded to my current powerbook, I transfered my files via a computer-to-computer airport network. I created the network on my iBook, and from the powerbook logged onto the ibook and started pulling my files off. It was a pretty easy set-up.

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Originally posted by MRTrauffer:
I used to own an iBook G4 w/ airport. When I upgraded to my current powerbook, I transfered my files via a computer-to-computer airport network. I created the network on my iBook, and from the powerbook logged onto the ibook and started pulling my files off. It was a pretty easy set-up.

I have done the same but between a PB and a Dell laptop. It was so easy it was funny .... my mate with the Dell was in shock for abt 10mins