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My new MBP and routers will be here any day and I have a few questions about how to set the routers up. Here is what I want to do:
We have a mix of N capable Mac's in the house as well as G only capable windows PC's. I got a Time Capsule and an AEBS. I want to take the TC and set it up in my office under the 5 MGZ. band broadcasting N only. I would run the Cat5 from the cable modem to the WAN port on the TC.
I want to set the AEBS up in my wife's office. I want it to broadcast G only @ 2.4 Mgz. I will run a hard line Cat5 from the Gigabit port on the TC to the AEBS. Question: Does it plug into the WAN port on the AEBS or another Gigabit port?
I believe I can take care of all the appropriate settings for each router in the Airport utility?
Also, do I need any special wiring of the cat5 cable to get gigabit speeds? Generally when I crimp the connectors on I just math the wiring on each end...Is that correct?
I'm not a noobie with routers but I am completely new to Mac's. My plan is to set up the new MBP using my old router/network and get all of the updates done and then connect the TC. Get that set up and working and then add the AEBS. Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
We have a mix of N capable Mac's in the house as well as G only capable windows PC's. I got a Time Capsule and an AEBS. I want to take the TC and set it up in my office under the 5 MGZ. band broadcasting N only. I would run the Cat5 from the cable modem to the WAN port on the TC.
I want to set the AEBS up in my wife's office. I want it to broadcast G only @ 2.4 Mgz. I will run a hard line Cat5 from the Gigabit port on the TC to the AEBS. Question: Does it plug into the WAN port on the AEBS or another Gigabit port?
I believe I can take care of all the appropriate settings for each router in the Airport utility?
Also, do I need any special wiring of the cat5 cable to get gigabit speeds? Generally when I crimp the connectors on I just math the wiring on each end...Is that correct?
I'm not a noobie with routers but I am completely new to Mac's. My plan is to set up the new MBP using my old router/network and get all of the updates done and then connect the TC. Get that set up and working and then add the AEBS. Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!