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The "Mod your MacBook" thread
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<blockquote data-quote="jim0266" data-source="post: 214684"><p>I'm in an urban neighborhood, but when I got my MacBook today and looked at at the number of wireless access points that appeared in the drop-down, I was pretty shocked as there were more than I would have thought for the neighborhood in which I live. I brought home the 1.25Ghz Powerbook I use at work to compare the MP to its wireless capability. I have not had a chance to compare yet. After starting the MB I instantly connected to my tenant's Apple Airport. I'm amazed at how good the connection is from the other side of the house.</p><p></p><p>After a lot of inconclusive research, I pulled the trigger and ordered a Trendnet TEW-510 (802.11a/b/g) access point - <a href="http://www.trendnet.com/products/TEW-510APB.htm" target="_blank">http://www.trendnet.com/products/TEW-510APB.htm</a>. It will be here Friday so we'll see how good it is. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> So, I don't care what my neighbor buys. That's HIS problem. I can run a,b and g.</p><p></p><p>I did punch down my own keystone jacks. I had my electrician drop bare lines from all over the house to the basement. One thing did throw me for a loop. I had bought two different brands of jacks and found out that one jack from each brand would not work together. I pulled my hair out until I discovered that was the problem. Punching them down was easy with the correct tool. A 233MHZ PC running FreeBSD and IPF handles the IP masquerading, routing and firewall duties. I pulled a bunch of old SCSI drives from older Macs that had been taken out of service and use those in the firewall, figuring SCSI drives will last longer than IDE drives. A FreeBSD firewall just runs and runs and runs.</p><p></p><p>I've only had a few hours to play with the MB, a 1.83 version. Initial impression: <strong>awesome</strong>. I replaced the two 256 chips with two Gigaram 1GB chips from NewEgg. So far no problems with the RAM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jim0266, post: 214684"] I'm in an urban neighborhood, but when I got my MacBook today and looked at at the number of wireless access points that appeared in the drop-down, I was pretty shocked as there were more than I would have thought for the neighborhood in which I live. I brought home the 1.25Ghz Powerbook I use at work to compare the MP to its wireless capability. I have not had a chance to compare yet. After starting the MB I instantly connected to my tenant's Apple Airport. I'm amazed at how good the connection is from the other side of the house. After a lot of inconclusive research, I pulled the trigger and ordered a Trendnet TEW-510 (802.11a/b/g) access point - [url]http://www.trendnet.com/products/TEW-510APB.htm[/url]. It will be here Friday so we'll see how good it is. :) So, I don't care what my neighbor buys. That's HIS problem. I can run a,b and g. I did punch down my own keystone jacks. I had my electrician drop bare lines from all over the house to the basement. One thing did throw me for a loop. I had bought two different brands of jacks and found out that one jack from each brand would not work together. I pulled my hair out until I discovered that was the problem. Punching them down was easy with the correct tool. A 233MHZ PC running FreeBSD and IPF handles the IP masquerading, routing and firewall duties. I pulled a bunch of old SCSI drives from older Macs that had been taken out of service and use those in the firewall, figuring SCSI drives will last longer than IDE drives. A FreeBSD firewall just runs and runs and runs. I've only had a few hours to play with the MB, a 1.83 version. Initial impression: [B]awesome[/B]. I replaced the two 256 chips with two Gigaram 1GB chips from NewEgg. So far no problems with the RAM. [/QUOTE]
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