AE/n and USB hub (shared drives, printers ...) more info

[Kevin Callahan]

On Feb 23, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Matt Johnston wrote:

>
> On 23 Feb 2007, at 22:36, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>
>> because, my understanding (and experience) is that I can't be on  
>> two networks at the same time --
>> therefore, I can't be doing Internet related things while  
>> streaming music
>> am I wrong about that ?
>
> Okay...
>
> You currently have an 802.11b based network which we'll call Kev's  
> G Network. These airport express devices are connected by ethernet.

my AEs need to "join" existing wireless network -- which is the only  
way I can set them up (unless I do some crazy wiring)

>
> So, then you add a second network connected via Ethernet "Kev's N  
> Network"
>
> This means you connect the N devices to the N network and the G  
> devices to the G network. You can hide the SSIDs if you need to.  
> Because they are all connected together along the WIRED ethernet  
> backbone, you can stream music to the G-devices over ethernet and  
> will still get full N-speed transfers. Also, if the N-level device  
> crashes, you can pop onto the G network :)

well, I'll see if my wife will let me run ethernet wires all around  
the outsides of the house

>
> Integrating them in any other way is silly :) IMO [1]

i'll see what I can do

>
> M
>
> [1] though I can think of good reasons to do so. I just would not  
> choose them.
> _______________________________________________
> MacOSX-talk mailing list
> MacOSX-talk at omnigroup.com
> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk

Kevin Callahan
http://www.kevincallahan.org/
http://www.kevincallahan.org/software/accessorizer.html

Contact Congress: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/