[DBursey]

My tenent has a pentium II running win98. I'd like to let her share my Airport network, which uses a new Airport basestation (as opposed to the older graphite basestation).

Can anyone recomment a good wireless PCI card for her PC that will enable it to share my DSL internet connection?

Also, any advice regarding the installation/configuration/setup of the wireless card in the PC will be appreciated. Thanks.

[chabig]

The best wireless card for her PC would be the cheapest. It's also the most logical, since price is what matter most to a PC person. Quality doesn't matter. Seriously, any PC card will work.

For setup, you'll need to run the Airport Admin Utility on your Mac and under the Base Station menu, obtain the Equivalent Network Password. she'll need this to connect. Have her set up her machine to use DHCP. Follow the instructions that come with her wireless card.

Chris

[ghporter]

SMC, D-Link, Linksys, even US Robotics have competitively priced PC card offerings to go with their PCI card NICs. US Robotics has apparently just entered the market and they are aggressively pricing their fare-a PCI NIC _WITH_ the PC card (unheard of!) for as low as $80.

Keep in mind that the effectiveness of the PCI wireless NIC will only be as good as the effectiveness of the wireless card in it. If the card/PCI card combination is not very effective, the connection won't be, either.

And contrary to chabig's opinion, every consumer wants quality. You just have to remember that every consumer's opinion of what constitutes quality is different.

[Eriamjh]

I found many wireless PCI cards for around $50 to $60 (before and after rebates).

Watch out for the password fiasco. Apple's password for the basestation is not the PW the PC will use. There is a new KB article about it, but I don't have the link.

[Eriamjh]

Here it is. Enjoy

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106250