[Jon Black]

I am setting up a wifi network at home with a Blueyonder broadband modem. I need to get a Panther box and a OS9 box connected.

Should I get an airport station to serve this or a Netgear router and two airport cards ? Any thoughts ?

Also, with this kind of setup what is the security between the two macs ? ie. I dont want the other mac viewing my information.

Thanks in advance.

[si_lance]

the Netgear is way cheaper and will do the job. As long as the ports are closed on both then I wouldn't worry about it. Panther has a firewall, but OS 9 you may need to download personal firewall software.

[Jon Black]

Thanks !

and there are no security issues between the two macs themselves ? ie. the other person on the network intercepting emails or such ?

thanks

[si_lance]

Originally posted by Jon Black:
Thanks !

and there are no security issues between the two macs themselves ? ie. the other person on the network intercepting emails or such ?

thanks

The Netgear is a switch, which means unlike a hub, it does not broadcast so even a packet sniffer will not work... however the wireless packets are a different issue. If you're really paranoid then I suggest using WEP because most people will not go through the trouble of decrypting it.

[tooki]

I like my Netgear router -- except when it's dead. I've had it replaced once (it died altogether) and now the wireless part died (at least I can still use it as a wired router). Ugh!

(The postage to send in the broken unit twice is approaching the cost of a new wireless router on sale.)

tooki