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Two Computers on Campus?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Hey there-
I'm going into college this fall. With me I'll be bringing an iBook and an eMac. There's wireless access throughout the campus, but not in the dorms. Each student gets one wall port to connect to the campus network. With that said, here are my questions:
1) How can I get both of the computers on at once, if this is possible? Can I somehow split the port for both computers?
2) Will the two Macs be able to "see" each other, ie share files? or will I need to hook them up to a seperate hub and create my own network for the two in my dorm?
Thanks in advance for you help.
Evan
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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It really depends on the school's setup.
At my school, for example, I believe that a simple hub or switch is enough. Other schools may require different setups. You should ask their systems people there.
As for sharing... you should be able to, but again, it depends on the setup.
See if your school has a Mac user group -- they've probably run into this and know how to set it up so it'll work.
tooki
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Teaneck, NJ
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I am looking to do the same thing at school with my now 2 year old MDD and my new ibook. What I plan on doing is to buy a linksys (or any other brand) 4 port switch with wireless router. This way I can plug the router into the wall and my MDD into it, and of course the ibook is wireless. You can accomplish the same thing more easily then me if the emac is a newer one. Just buy an airport extreme card for it and set up a wireless network from your emac.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Apr 2002
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I have a asante fr1004al for my setup at school and have had zero problems with it. This router has been extremely reliable for about a year and a half. It worked great in the dorms with all the powerbooks that were on my floor. There were usually four or five people connected to it all the time and it handled it just fine. As far as the range goes I get incredible range out of it. Sharing through this router has been very easy with no setup at all. The settings menu is very clear and easy to work through and the help forums asante has are a great place to get help should it be needed. I originally ordered this router because I was told the support for the mac is bar none when it comes to routers and now is my brand of choice due to the reliability. Definately talk to the system people like tooki said because every school network seems to have its quirks.
Kevin
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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When I lived in the dorms, they verified each computer by MAC address. So what I had to do was give them the MAC address of one of my Macs (lol). Then I had to use a router that has a MAC-emulation feature (mine was a Linksys). I simply told the router to pretend to be the MAC of my Mac, plugged in both of my computers to the router, and I was home-free. A simple hub would NOT have worked at Penn State.
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