nothing particularly political about this.
i'm a mac owner (i believe 70%+ of mac owners supported kerry, btw). i have two questions:
1. this pertains to wireless LANs. i've got a wired LAN right now. i've got a microwave radio on the top of my house, and an ethernet cord coming into a linksys wired internet router/switch. the router is configured with a static IP, and the signal is then dispersed to all the workstations (windows and macs) where each box has a dynamic IP assigned by the router (192.168.1.x). the workstations talk to each other because the router is also an 8-port switch. here's my question. i want to go wireless for SOME of my LAN, and leave the rest wired. i believe i can buy a wireless router/switch to replace the wired one i've got, and then run an ethernet cable from the wireless out port to a traditional wired switch. is this the way to do it? or is there a better way?
2. i'd like to have a wireless sound system. what i'd like to do is run this sound system from my mac, through itunes, and i'd like to have three different sets of 4 speakers each. in other words, i've got 4 speakers in one room, then 4 speakers outside on one side of the house, 4 speakers on the other side of the house, and via my computer turn on one set of speakers or the other. my questions are:
A. can any old speakers work for a wireless system? do i just stick a airtunes station close to a set of speakers and these speakers start playing the music i tell them to play via itunes?
B. how would these speakers know when they're "off" and when they're "on," if what i want is the ability to toggle from one sound system to another?
C. these speakers need to be powered, but is there a kind of speaker that you just power up but without having that power come to it via the speaker wire? are there speakers specifically made for wireless systems? i don't mean computer speakers, but big, you know, sub woofers, and stuff like that?
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
i'm a mac owner (i believe 70%+ of mac owners supported kerry, btw). i have two questions:
1. this pertains to wireless LANs. i've got a wired LAN right now. i've got a microwave radio on the top of my house, and an ethernet cord coming into a linksys wired internet router/switch. the router is configured with a static IP, and the signal is then dispersed to all the workstations (windows and macs) where each box has a dynamic IP assigned by the router (192.168.1.x). the workstations talk to each other because the router is also an 8-port switch. here's my question. i want to go wireless for SOME of my LAN, and leave the rest wired. i believe i can buy a wireless router/switch to replace the wired one i've got, and then run an ethernet cable from the wireless out port to a traditional wired switch. is this the way to do it? or is there a better way?
2. i'd like to have a wireless sound system. what i'd like to do is run this sound system from my mac, through itunes, and i'd like to have three different sets of 4 speakers each. in other words, i've got 4 speakers in one room, then 4 speakers outside on one side of the house, 4 speakers on the other side of the house, and via my computer turn on one set of speakers or the other. my questions are:
A. can any old speakers work for a wireless system? do i just stick a airtunes station close to a set of speakers and these speakers start playing the music i tell them to play via itunes?
B. how would these speakers know when they're "off" and when they're "on," if what i want is the ability to toggle from one sound system to another?
C. these speakers need to be powered, but is there a kind of speaker that you just power up but without having that power come to it via the speaker wire? are there speakers specifically made for wireless systems? i don't mean computer speakers, but big, you know, sub woofers, and stuff like that?
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman