IT question.
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IT question.
I set up a router in my home with 4 ports. There are 5 computers in the house (all Macs). Here's the problem. Each port has an ethernet line going to each of the computers from the router. One of these lines goes to an AirPort. Can the 5th computer share the Airport if each has a different IP? The line to the Airport remember is coming out of the router and essentially uses up one port of the router. In other words, can the Airport which is attached to the wall near my desk share the signal with the 5th computer?
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Re: IT question.
Yes, you can do this, whether the router is really a router, or even if it's just a hub.
Shouldn't be a problem at all.
Let me know if it works. This is similar to what we're doing in my duplex; two computers wired into a hub upstairs, the AirPort plugged into the hub, and two computers using the AirPort wirelessly.
Shouldn't be a problem at all.
Let me know if it works. This is similar to what we're doing in my duplex; two computers wired into a hub upstairs, the AirPort plugged into the hub, and two computers using the AirPort wirelessly.
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If the fifth Mac has an Airport card, then you can run the Airport Base Station in bridging mode, or
set up a separate subnet/route to the 5th Mac.
FYI, the following IP ranges, according to RFC1918, are available for use for free on private networks. They are unroutable on the Internet itself, however. Your NATting router will take care of this.
10.x.x.x
172.16.x.x - 172.31.x.x
192.168.x.x
FYI, the following IP ranges, according to RFC1918, are available for use for free on private networks. They are unroutable on the Internet itself, however. Your NATting router will take care of this.
10.x.x.x
172.16.x.x - 172.31.x.x
192.168.x.x
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you can set up airport to serve up DHCP...and have as many as 255 computers hook up.
the IP addresses have their own setting based on airport...like 10.2.1.xxx
just like setting up a router for NAT (network address translation)...
just like setting up a router for NAT (network address translation)...