I've recently been called in to set up a network for a friend and her parents, I appear to be their last option before they hire a professional to set it up for them.. they've already had a couple of others trying but it was way over their heads and didn't know what else to try so they asked me if I could have a look. I know PCs quite well but absolutely nothing about Macs, that's why I'm here asking for some help. So here's some background.
My friend has a Mac, I have no idea which type but it's pretty old (I can try to get the specifics if necessary), and her parents have a PC with WinXP. They live in separate houses with a very short distance in between and have been told a wireless network will work fine. The Mac is connected to Internet (ADSL connection) which they are hoping to share with this network.
One of the first ppl they've asked had already went ahead and bought everything needed to set up a wireless network and got all the instructions for setting up the network, without telling the computer salespeople that one of the computers was a Mac.. I don't know if that changes anything but they tried what they were told and couldn't make it work.
So what I'm wondering now is if this router they bought will work to set up on a Mac or if it needs to be changed (and if so, into what?). I tried googling Macs and networks and all I got was a lot of talk about Airport cards and Airport Extreme cards and never having had anything to do with a Mac I have no idea what it all means. Any advice you can give will be very helpful.
My friend has a Mac, I have no idea which type but it's pretty old (I can try to get the specifics if necessary), and her parents have a PC with WinXP. They live in separate houses with a very short distance in between and have been told a wireless network will work fine. The Mac is connected to Internet (ADSL connection) which they are hoping to share with this network.
One of the first ppl they've asked had already went ahead and bought everything needed to set up a wireless network and got all the instructions for setting up the network, without telling the computer salespeople that one of the computers was a Mac.. I don't know if that changes anything but they tried what they were told and couldn't make it work.
So what I'm wondering now is if this router they bought will work to set up on a Mac or if it needs to be changed (and if so, into what?). I tried googling Macs and networks and all I got was a lot of talk about Airport cards and Airport Extreme cards and never having had anything to do with a Mac I have no idea what it all means. Any advice you can give will be very helpful.