[Fvck You]

I currently have an airport in one room (where the only network connection is) and an iBook G4 with an AE. I have recently bought an original Emac (no extreme capabilities) that will sit in another room on the other side of the house. What I'd like to do is to get the Emac into this network the cheapest way posssible. Buying an original airport almost costs as much as the Emac, but are there any other ways to do it? Also, will an 802.11b card be adequate enough to use Aitunes? Thanks in advance for your help.

[chefpastry]

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to say... Is the iBook connected to the internet via ethernet?

If so, do the following:

1. On the iBook, goto System Preferences -> Sharing
2. Click on the Internet tab
3. You want to "Share your connection from Built-In Ethernet"
4. "To compuers using AirPort"
5. Click on the AirPort Options button to set up a password (Note: the original AirPorts only supported 40-bit WEP key length)

You can now connect to the internet from the eMac by connecting to the iBook which is acting as a router. Remember, once the iBook is turned off, you won't be able to connect...

[Fvck You]

Chef, thanks for the info. My last post wasn't clear. Basically I am looking for a way to connect the emac to the airport express without having to buy an airport card for it? ( I can't hook it directly up because it is no where near a connection)

[chefpastry]

The only thing I can think of would be to bring your iBook close enough to the eMac so that you can connect an ethernet cable between them and use the same method as I outlined above except...

"Share your connection from AirPort"
"To computers using Built-in Ethernet"

[ghporter]

"Close enough" to the AirPort box is not terribly close. You can (according to the standard for ethernet) have a cable run of 100 meters between devices, though with consumer equipment I'd say that 50 meters is probably more like the practical distance limit. So the big issue with using a cable would be how to route a cable to keep it out of the way.

[Fvck You]

Thanks guys for the help. I might initially go with the running of the cable through the house until I think of something else to try. Is there nothing like a USB or firewire 802.11b card that can be connected to a computer (kind of like a USB bluetooth dongle)? If such a thing even possible?

[chefpastry]

Ah! Now I see what you are trying to do!!!

Yes, there are some USB 802.11b/g adaptors that work with Macs. But I don't know which off hand...