Re: Question about airport base station and cards.
Originally posted by mymemory
Ok, I'm organizing a budget for 5 powerbooks with airport cards. All of them are gonna be in the same room. Now:
1. Can they be connected to each other and share files without a base station?
2. Can they share DSL internet connection without the base station?
3. If I'm using After Effects, can I do a network render without the base station?
4. What are the advantages of getting a base station?
Thanx
1. Yes, but at least one of the machines has to actually create a network for the others to connect to, a base station would be a permenant network.
2. Yes, but you need something for them to access the network from. There needs to be a hard-wired access point, be it one of the powerbooks using internet sharing, or a 3rd party access point. Airport would be a fully compatible and permenant access point that is always on.
3.. I am unsure about this one, I would assume that this would be similar to #1, there has to be a network there in the first place, minimum.
4. All the above. analogy: you can't use a cordless phone if you don't have the reciever for it. Something has to be there for it to connect to. It would be easiest for you to invest in a Base Station due to the hassles of setting up internet sharing and constantly making custom little computer-to-computer networks.
If I was you, the only option would be to get a base station, your other option is just not logical or worthwhile.