As we were experiencing GPU hardware issues with our early-2011 MacBook Pro (MBP) , we've been waiting for a replacement MBP. We now have a mid-2015 MBP 15 and, with the superior data transfer options it gives us, we're trying to set up an internal network that will allow us to enjoy our A/V gear, which includes a "digital jukebox" for playing our music collection...but I digress.
With the new [to us] MBP 15, we received a Linksys Velop Setup 52E device that I'm trying to figure out. I haven't used a wireless router in quite some time now, but my reading on the Linksys site is telling me that these Velop "nodes" are used to enhance devices like cable modems or wireless routers, but I'm not clear on this.
Needles to say, if the Velop device will act as wireless router -- on its own -- I can use it in conjunction with a network switch to connect, via WiFi, to the new MBP 15...so I guess the question is whether or not these Velop devices can take the place of a wireless router or, as I suspect, they are used with a wireless router. By the way, we have no high-speed internet access here, so this small network will be a totally internal LAN.
Thanks very much for your time
With the new [to us] MBP 15, we received a Linksys Velop Setup 52E device that I'm trying to figure out. I haven't used a wireless router in quite some time now, but my reading on the Linksys site is telling me that these Velop "nodes" are used to enhance devices like cable modems or wireless routers, but I'm not clear on this.
Needles to say, if the Velop device will act as wireless router -- on its own -- I can use it in conjunction with a network switch to connect, via WiFi, to the new MBP 15...so I guess the question is whether or not these Velop devices can take the place of a wireless router or, as I suspect, they are used with a wireless router. By the way, we have no high-speed internet access here, so this small network will be a totally internal LAN.
Thanks very much for your time