[MACEP] Apple Airport

[Mary Hochberg]

That's what we do, though for security & stability reasons, we use 
$40 Netgear switch. Unplug the teacher's computer, plug in the cart 
to the wall and a cable from switch to the teacher's desktop computer.

It's also handy if you need/want to go wired with some of the 
laptops. Downloading the latest security update (13 mb) wirelessly 
can take a while.

>Or perhaps invest 20 bucks in a 5-port switch, and carry that around 
>with the mobile lab.
>
>Jamie McParland wrote:
>>Could you just buy a few more cheat access points to put around the school?
>>
>>>From: Tim Chase <tchase at bend.k12.or.us>
>>>Reply-To: <macep at macep.net>
>>>Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:11:12 -0800
>>>To: <macep at macep.net>
>>>Subject: [MACEP] Apple Airport
>>>
>>>Question:
>>>
>>>Our school has an Airport Extreme wifi hub that travels around with a
>>>mobile lab.  I'm sure we're hardly unique in that, which is why I'd
>>>like input from you MACEPers about my current question.
>>>
>>>When we wheel the lab in and plug the Airport device into our patch
>>>cable, that means that we disconnect our teacher computer from the
>>>network (we have only one drop per room).  That was how things were
>>>done until I discovered that it *works* to daisy chain another patch
>>>cable out from the WAN port to my desk.  That way the Airport connects
>>>to the server via its LAN port, and then it connects to my desk via the
>>>WAN port.  It works, and kids can be connected wirelessly while I am on
>>>the network, too.
>>>
>>>Now, here's the rub.  Another professional in the building, who knows
>>>more about networking and WANs and LANs than I do, says that we must
>>>not do this for fear of corrupting the configuration of the Airport.  I
>>>think this in reference to the fact that the airport has a static IP
>>>address that he can access from home, and it contains the MAC addresses
>>>of all our laptops.  So to lose those configurations would be a loss
>>>indeed.
>>>
>>>Is it true?  Is there danger of configuration loss if you use the
>>>Airport in this way?
>>>
>>>~Tim
>>>__________________
>>>Tim Chase
>>>Technology / Reading
>>>LaPine Middle School
>>>Bend LaPine School District
>>>
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