A switcher ponders....

[smythey]

Having finally talked my folks into replacing their ageing PC with a mac Mini (but waiting until the release of Leopard of course....!), there was one question I couldnt answer.
They have a Linksys wirless home gateway which the PC has a wired ethernet connection to, and me and my dad and I use our PC laptops wifi style with it. Will it be a big deal (or even possible) to just replace the PC with the Mac and have it all working as before?

Somehow, I doubt it, but heres hoping!!

 

[r.j.s]

It will work just fine. Networks are indifferent to the OS. Setting up sharing might be a little more difficult, but that should work just fine as well.

 

[cwedl]

Macs use TCP/IP just as PC's and the base station, their will be no problems! I have a wireless network and have plenty of macs and pcs connected with no problems.

 

[mattscott306]

It'll work, though honestly, I'd try to replace the lynksys as soon as I could. I hated mine for the years I had it, shawdy connection and what not.

 

[shu82]

I am running a linksys wifi router with my macs right now. I have a clamshell plugged in directly and my mini and my pb connect wirelessly. I have great neighbors so I just plugged it up and left it open for everybody to use. No special setup, just plug and play.

 

[Neil4512]

I am also running a linksys router with mac/window/linux machines all connecting to it.

 

[smythey]

Great, smashing, super!!

This sounds promising indeed - hopefully this network-monkey can get it going okay!

Hey, it only took me 6 HOURS to configure my new Airport Express earlier this week..... Got it going now though - streaming Wolfmother through Itunes and life is good, oh so good!!

Thanks for replying - this forum is pretty badass!

 

[shu82]

Come back anytime. I love this place!!!! Comicbook Guy says "best mac-related forums..... ever"