Re: Multiple Airport Devices

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:50:38 -0400, Larry Stoter wrote
(in article <1j3gat7.7955o91iz6xx6N%larry@xxxxxxx>):

David Empson <dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Larry Stoter <larry@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I assumed that I would be able to simultaneously connect several devices
through the Airport on my iMac, specifically, a wireless printer and an
iPod Touch.

Certainly, assuming all devices are connected to the same wireless
network.

Mine is created by an Airport Extreme base station. At various times
I've had many computers, iPod Touch, iPhone and wireless printers
connected to my network, all able to talk to each other as appropriate.

I can get either the printer or the iPod to connect to the iMac but not
both simultaneously. I tried creating different networks with different
channels but still no luck.

Channels shouldn't be an issue unless you are encountering interference.
(Devices from different countries might have an issue with channels,
e.g. channels 12 and 13 can't be used in the US but can in many other
countries.)

What device is responsible for creating the wireless network?

Is what I want to do possible?

Yes.

OK - I have now realised, as somebody who has as little to do with
networks as possible (that's for the IT guys at work), that I have made
a rather basic error.

There is no internal router in an iMac is there ....?

Yes, there is. That's Internet Sharing.


So, without a router, the Airport on the iMac is only going to support a
single wireless connection, isn't it :-)

That depends on what you call a 'single connection'. It will talk to one
_network_, but there can be multiple devices on that network.


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