Extending Wireless on Mac Pro

[JoshRtek]

Just a quick question for you all:

I recently got my Mac Pro, but I ordered it without the wireless option. Our router is in the living room, but I have the computer on the other side of the house and I was wanting to know if could use a "Range Extended" base station (not a router) next to the Mac Pro and plug it into an ethernet port on the station. Has anyone ever tried this before?

 

[Kardashian]

But if the Mac isn't wireless enabled, I don't see how it would work.

Does the Extender (theres some on the Apple store site) act as a wireless adapter?

I thought it was just a bridge between your computer and the wireless point. Say for example you use your computer in an outbuilding, or seperate office maybe across the yard.

 

[JoshRtek]

Does the Extender (theres some on the Apple store site) act as a wireless adapter?

That's what I'm wondering. Because the Airport Express has an ethernet port on it...what else would it be used for other than giving something access to the internet or a network?

 

[Grimace]

I believe if you plug an airport express/extreme into the Mac Pro, it can receive signal (wirelessly) from another airport express/extreme.

Word is that the internal module should be ready be Sept 1.

 

[JoshRtek]

So could I buy an off-brand range extender (say, D-Link) and do the same thing?

 

[Mongus]

For Conecting to a Broadband modem

That's what I'm wondering. Because the Airport Express has an ethernet port on it...what else would it be used for other than giving something access to the internet or a network?

I beleve the ethernet port on the express is so that you can connect to a boradband modem, or say the ethernet cable in a hotel room. Then the Express works as a small wireless router for that connection. I don't know about the way you want to use it.