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Re: [SAGE] Apple Airport base station admin SW for Wintel
In message <3C5118A6.20C58DB2@endlessknot.com>you write:
>Found this while I was nosing around in the Apple database:
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120093
>
>If you haven't seen one of these little things, a brief list
>of features follows:
>
> * NAT router (optional can also serve as a simple bridge)
> * DHCP server (optional)
> * PPP dialup capable
> * Ethernet LAN connectivity
> * NAT routes and DHCP's wired IP devices as well as
> wireless
> * supports static NAT addresses (wired as well as
> wireless)
> * allows port mapping
> * now has an "inside" and "outside" ethernet port
> * will bridge EtherTalk
> * Recursive DNS forwarder
> * 128 WEP (for what it's worth)
> * works with DSSS 802.11b cards from other vendors
>
>In short, it's not a perfect solution, but something to
>consider. Now, with administration SW available for Windows
>systems, you don't necessarily have to have a Mac to
>configure them....
>
>-Vincent Cordrey
>
>
>
There is a Java administrator as well. I have used it with success
from my FreeBSD system, and sparc Solaris, so neither Windows nor a Mac
is required.
http://gicl.mcs.drexel.edu/people/sevy//airport/#Configurator
Ted Nolan