This week, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton come to you talking about wireless/airport connections, focusing on base stations, options available, and methods to secure them properly.
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, week of June 27th, 2005
Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, June 27th, 2005
This week, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton have each had a crazy week, but come together anyway to talk about wireless/airport connections, focusing on base stations, options available, and methods to secure them properly.
Products/sites mentioned:
Linksys WRT54G – Highly configurable wireless router, supports same protocols as Apple’s AirPort (US$59.99 from Amazon).
Sveasoft – Makers of VPN-capable firmware for Linksys (and other brand) routers
LinksysInfo.com – Community site for supporting Linksys routers, includes download links to alternative firmware.
Air Traffic Control – Widget for finding AirPort Base Stations and other access points. Freeware from SpinTriplet.</p
Airport Radar – Widget for finding wireless networks. Shows name and signal strength. Freeware from Macwireless.</p
Apple AirPort Extreme – Full-featured wireless router, supports USB printers. (US$199.88 from Amazon)
Apple AirPort Express – Wireless stereo extension/router combination (US$124.99 from Amazon)</p
News Mentioned:
…and John mentioned the mart Labels USA 2005 conference, which he’s attending this week.
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Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure.
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