[CS-FSLUG] Re: Mac mini as a Wireless repeater?

[Timothy R. Butler]

Whoops, wrong address. Sorry. Of course, if anyone has any ideas about  
the below, feel free to contribute anyway. :-)

	-Tim

On Jan 14, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Timothy R. Butler wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> 	Sorry to pick your brain, but I just had an idea... I saw this  
> article:
>
> 	http://www.smashsworld.com/2005/01/mac-mini-vs-airport- 
> extremeexpress.php
>
> 	And I was wondering, can the Mac mini pull in the signal from one  
> wireless network and then cast out a signal (i.e. do repeating)? I  
> seem to recall my PB cannot, but I thought maybe there is a way to do  
> that.
>
> 	I was thinking back to my attempt to get my church's choir director a  
> new Mac (she has an old System 7 one that doesn't do much for her  
> anymore, so she must use her CRT iMac at home to do most of her work).  
> She's on the third floor, the network is on the second floor. Thus  
> there isn't the possibility of doing a wired network without a lot of  
> effort.
>
> 	Here's the deal I was thinking: we were going to buy a $199 AirPort  
> Extreme + a Dr. Botts antenna, but if throwing in a few hundred  
> dollars more would also provide a computer... of course, I doubt the  
> range would be strong enough, but if I could combine it with our  
> existing router, or perhaps, somehow hook up a Dr. Botts antenna to  
> the mini...
>
> 	I actually already have the antenna. The Apple Store at the mall had  
> an open box one for $60 off a few weeks ago...
>
> 	By the way, how do you think the cooling on these will be? Is it a  
> unit that could stay on all the time without overheating?
>
> 	-Tim
>
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