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Cynn
Location: California Choppin'
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 Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:04 pm Reply with quote
My husband bought a wireless router from Dell, after the saleschick assured him it would be just the thing for getting DSL on his laptop (he got a card for the laptop, too). My home computer is an eMac, and the software that came with the router is Windoze only. Dell technical support has been completely useless. I'm thinking, a router is a router, right? Can I just hook it up, figuring the TCP-IP control panel will know what to do with it, or do I need third-party software to configure the thing?
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supak0ma
Location: Photoshop Nation
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:34 pm Reply with quote
i have a solution, use your e-mac as an overpriced fancy piece of furniture then go out and buy a real computer 
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billtvshow
Site Moderator
Location: North Carolina
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:38 pm Reply with quote
Cynn wrote: My husband bought a wireless router from Dell
I'd say take a picture of it and chop it into a fish tank. 
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sage
Location: Hudson, Canada
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:48 pm Reply with quote
what system are you using on your emac? You should be able to just plug and play....
maybe call apple support?
actually, if you're going wireless, maybe you need some sort of translator (maclan or something like that...) sorry, cynn...don't know.
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screwloose
Location: FL
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:51 pm Reply with quote
I think you need an airport card in the mac for it to work from a wireless router.
And I also think yes, a router is a router.
And a toaster is a toaster. 
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Cynn
Location: California Choppin'
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:55 pm Reply with quote
Thanks guys! I think I am going to plug the thing in and see what happens. Macs come stacked with stuff like Airport. (OS 10.3, I think, Sage.) In a pinch, I can call my ISP. I wonder if they'll charge me more, knowing I'm routing it.
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arcaico
Location: Brazil
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:57 pm Reply with quote
Cynn Posted: 28 Apr 2005 02:55 pm Post subject:
Thanks guys! I think I am going to plug the thing in and see what happens.
YOU DIDNīT PLUG IT YET??? women... bah...
usually men seek help after they try something and it doesnīt work...
it must be a girlīs thing to seek for help before having a problem...
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Cynn
Location: California Choppin'
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:59 pm Reply with quote
Hee hee.. well, the manual said not to connect the hardware until I'd run the software, and the software is PC-only. So, er.. yeah. 
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ReinMan
Location: Kingston, ONTARIO, CAN
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:40 pm Reply with quote
PLUG IT IN! PLUG IT IN!
Just keep a camera handy nearbye... AND a fire extinguisher! 
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Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:27 am Reply with quote
I did the same thing, and mine exploded.
A-boom!
and it smelled like sandwich..
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ScionShade
Location: VeniceFlaUS
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Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:24 am Reply with quote
T he suspense is killing me..........................................
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ReinMan
Location: Kingston, ONTARIO, CAN
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Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:28 am Reply with quote
IS IT WORKING CYNN? DID YOU PLUG IT IN???????
ARE YOU OKAY?????!!!! ARE YOUZ BLOWN UP REAL GOOD??????!!
LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE DEADED OR NOT???!!!
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Cynn
Location: California Choppin'
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Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:59 am Reply with quote
Bought the Apple, plugged it in, ran Airport, router not found.
Repeated the steps at least fifty times, with every possible configuration of cables. Nuffin. Today I'm phoning Apple. If they tell me to restart my computer, I'm putting the thing through a window.
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