iburst, mac and airport: does it work???

[simona]

Hi,
I want to use my iburst connection on both an emac G4 and an ibook G4 without the annoying ethernet cable crossing over my place!

I am thinking of using airport with my UTD but I want to check whether it would be working before investing! Is anyone using airport with iBurst?

I am using the UTD with a USB connection at the moment as i never managed to set up the ethernet connection. Does anyone know how to do it?

Moreover, could anyone advise me on whether to buy an airport extreme or express? I have looked at many forums and websites but I have not been able to find out the real differences between the 2. Yet, there is a difference as far as the price is concerned. Which one are you using?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Jerry]

Yip, it can be done. Just go to your Sharing control panel, click on the 'Internet' tab, choose you connection to your UTD (my case ethernet, yours usb), then select 'Airport' under 'To computers using:'
Then click 'Start' to share the connection. You will get the following warning:
'If your computer is connected to a network, turning on Internet sharing may affect the network settings of other computers and disrupt the network. Contact your system administrator before turning on Internet sharing.'
This doesn't seem to cause any problems (that I know of).
I've used this setup successfully to get my PSP to connect & surf the net!

 

[JStrike]

Well, I dont have iBurst, so not sure how much help I can be.

But as far as Airport goes :

Airport Extreme can handle more users (50 vs 10)
Airport Express has an audio out (You can hook it up to your hi-fi, etc)
Airport Extreme can provide power over ethernet
Airport Extreme is more expensive

Iburst should work with Airport I would think

 

[lman]

Hi,

My home setup is:

iBurst UTD connected to Airport Express via Ethernet;
Hifi connected to Airport Express' audio output (I don't use CDs any more - they're all in storage elsewhere);
PowerBook connected to Airports over the air;
Airport Extreme in another room connected to Airport Express over the air;
HP LaserJet connected to Airport Extreme via USB and available to network users;
Had an iMac connecting to Airports over the air until quite recently also;
Occasional Mac and PC visitors connecting to this network;
Neighbour TRYING to connect for months now, but WPA2 seems to be keeping him at bay, whoever he is.

Previous poster summed up Express vs Extreme perfectly. I bought the Extreme before Express was available, and now I literally just use it to share the printer, but it serves as a standby if I ever should manage to break the Express.

I've run company networks, ISP networks etc as a job for years. The above network is the easiest, most self-configuring setup I've ever used.

So yeah, it works.

 

[DaGGa BuNNy]

I think it should work.

 

[simona]

Thanks a lot to everyone. Now I kow it is worth investing!

 

[SomeBloke]

I bought an iBurst modem and an Airport Extreme but was unable to connect to the internet via the Airport Extreme. Eventually, the only way I could get it to work was by forwarding the PPoE settings to the Airport but this meant I could only connect one of the two Mac's.

It turns out that it's an issue with MTU settings on the new Airport Extreme (I don't know what this means but the guys at EC Mac figured it out and requested a patch from Apple). In the meantime, I bought a standard ADSL router, hooked that up to the iBurst modem and hooked the router up to the Airport. This seems to be working fine now and both Mac's can connect wirelessly. A bit cumbersome for now but I'll keep checking for a patch from Apple.