Does the iMac have a built in wireless router?

[chaseardoin7]

A friend of mine told me that the iMacs have a built-in Wireless ROUTER in them. That way I woulc plug a network cable from my modem into my iMac and then use the iMac to transmit a signal to my macbook. Is this true or is the iMac only capable of connecting to a wireless network rather than creating one.

chase

 

[TBi]

It doesn't have a router per se. However you can share a wired connection over the wireless connection using internet sharing. There are issues with this though regarding wireless security.

I'm not on my mac right now so i can't help you out with specifics. Maybe someone else can.

 

[flopticalcube]

A friend of mine told me that the iMacs have a built-in Wireless ROUTER in them. That way I woulc plug a network cable from my modem into my iMac and then use the iMac to transmit a signal to my macbook. Is this true or is the iMac only capable of connecting to a wireless network rather than creating one.

chase

Ye you can. Turn on Internet sharing in System Preferences->Sharing. You can set it up to use a secure wireless connecton, if you so wish.

 

[anti-microsoft]

Here you go: