Hi, the girlfriend has decided wires are bad, so i'm attempting to see how to connect her laptop, consoles and (soon) a PSP wirelessly.
Now it looks like the Airport Express dosent have any ports to connect things to directly, and the Airport Extreme has a single RJ45 for LAN connections? The telephone jack for the incoming ADSL is far away from the TV & consoles (so two limiting fixed points), so just what do i need?
Airport card for laptop: She's got a 15" Powerbook from a couple of years ago, and i dont think its got an airport card - all new ones seem to - so there's no listing to buy these on the Apple Store now?!
Airport Express: to plug phoneline into. Which should sort laptop (once its got a card) and PSP.
???: just how do people connect their consoles? It's sort of impractical (or object defeating) to do a long cable from the Airport to TV. But to get an additional Airport Extreme, place it by the TV and run a short ethernet cable from it to the consoles/router, just to them seems like a waste? Is a Linksys Game Adapter the answer? and is it fully compatible with Airport stuff ? (one would assume so given standards, but assumptions...)
Anyway, if anyone can offer tips it would be appreciated.
Now it looks like the Airport Express dosent have any ports to connect things to directly, and the Airport Extreme has a single RJ45 for LAN connections? The telephone jack for the incoming ADSL is far away from the TV & consoles (so two limiting fixed points), so just what do i need?
Airport card for laptop: She's got a 15" Powerbook from a couple of years ago, and i dont think its got an airport card - all new ones seem to - so there's no listing to buy these on the Apple Store now?!
Airport Express: to plug phoneline into. Which should sort laptop (once its got a card) and PSP.
???: just how do people connect their consoles? It's sort of impractical (or object defeating) to do a long cable from the Airport to TV. But to get an additional Airport Extreme, place it by the TV and run a short ethernet cable from it to the consoles/router, just to them seems like a waste? Is a Linksys Game Adapter the answer? and is it fully compatible with Airport stuff ? (one would assume so given standards, but assumptions...)
Anyway, if anyone can offer tips it would be appreciated.