Help setting up my home network

here is my set up
BEFSR41 (WIRED ROUTER)
cable modem 10meg internet is the line in
PORT 1 PC1 (OFFICE)
PORT2 PC2 (OFFICE)
PORT 3 PC3 (LIVING ROOM via rival company wall mount that runs ethernet cable form BEFSR41 - electrical outlet to electrical outlet to in living connected by ethernet to pc3)
this works great lets me take full advantage of the big screen tv and the video content online
i also have a WRT5G that we switched for the BEFSR41 out because of constant disconnects whille online gaming with 2 computer conected via the port switchs
i want to add WRT54G to port 4 on the BEFSR41 to the internet switch on the WRT54G that will add 2 playstation 3's and a laptop with the wireless function
what i want to no will this add the constantant disconnect problem i was havein with the wrt54g again (no pc's will be connect ) it is highly unlikey also that all devices will be connected at once .
also how the hell do i do it i have treid the guide from linksys hope that some1 might give me an idea of something to try or step by step instruction on what to
thank you in advance for your help

You can just connect the WRT54G wireless router’s LAN port to BEFSR41 router’s LAN port by using a network cable as specified in this configuring wireless router as access point article, after that can connect other computers to that wireless router with or without cable. Finally do more test to check the performance. Hope it helps.

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1. a computer which is turned on running itunes
2. the internet
no other options
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Hi,
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Choose the wireless network from the list that appears, and then click Connect.
Type the security key (which is the WEP key stamped on the Routers tag) and then click OK.
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Hi Folks - this is my first post and its quite long, so please bear with me as I give you a bit of history of my problem.
I bought a iMac and hooked it up to a Seagate 500GB hard disk using Time Machine in my study and connect to my ISP via WiFi using a standard router. I then set up two user accounts - one for me & one for my wife and sync'd them both to our MobileMe accounts.
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So here's my two-part dilemma (appreciate your patience so far)....
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I can see the advantage of moving all my media & documents to the one shared network and being able to access them no matter what Mac I am using without the other having to be turning the other one on.
I'm considering buying something like a Buffalo Linkstation NAS and connecting to the Mac mini via ethernet.
Dilemma No. 2: - What should I do with my multiple accounts? Merge or keep separate?
I get a little fed-up having to go downstairs and switch on the Mac mini to watch a TV show if I am upstairs on the iMac or if we are in the lounge browsing the web and want a file from the desktop iMac I have to run upstairs and switch that on.
I know I could leave them both on sleep mode but I do like to turn them off now and again.
I fI go for a NAS solution, should I keep the accounts separate?
What's the best solution for both my dilemmas and are they interlinked? As an aside, I know very little about home-networking and what equipment I would need and how I would go about setting it up.
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http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/sata5pm2se2.html
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=667
http://www.qnap.com/prodetail_feature.asp?pid=110
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-.../RAID/Desktop/
http://www.synology.com/enu/products/CS407/index.php
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Hi,
For backup, video work, photography and expanding the Mac Pro storage capability the FirmTek SeriTek/5PM would be my choice. The bundle that you pointed to will work if 130MB/sec. is fastest enogh for your needs. The card is only $70 in the bundle which makes it a nice deal.
http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/sata5pm2se2.html
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http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/sonnet/mac-pro/
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Trying to use NAS via the network will be 3-7x slower than the SeriTek/5PM. The SeriTek/5PM is a much better choice for backup, video and photography. NAS is good for low energy, always on, low use server needs. However, you can simply turn Mac OS X file sharing on and the Mac Pro will provide performance faster than any NAS.
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The performance is USB speed even with a FW800 connection.
Users have reported losing data with firmware updates.
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Backup Software:
I like SuperDuper. I also like using the "Restore" tab in Disk Utility to clone one disk to another. The key to good backup is to keep it simple and regular.
MyBook - NOT
If your storage needs exceed more than a single FireWire backup disk you really need to go with eSATA. The SeriTek/5PM and the Mac Pro combination provides virtually unlimited storage capabilities as the tray system allows new hard disk sets to be easily loaded or dismounted.
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as far as the AEBS is concerned, you did not use it in bridge mode at all?
i thought you had to connect 1 cable from it to the 327w? I have about 5 items i will be connecting, so i will probably run any wired from the AESB, but not sure yet?
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Something to try... check your computer name in the Sharing preferences. It sounds really bizarre, but when I first hooked up to my wireless, it had the same problem you are describing. Change the computer name to something with no spaces or strange characters. It worked for me! According to Qwest internet troubleshooting, this is a known problem with wireless Mac computers. Good luck!

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Sarah, Welcome to the discussion area!
You need a wireless router. You can use one of Apple's or a 3rd party wireless router.
You can connect one of the iMacs to the router via Ethernet if you want. Or you can add AirPort Extreme cards to both iMacs.

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I would like suggestions on how to best configure a home network.
One of my main goals is to enable my 5 kids to share 3 computers and my mini server.
I would like them to each have an account with the same files and set up available on each computer.
My wife and I also have laptops connected to the network.
My computers are listed below.
I have Airport extreme and some external hard drives also.

jpadilladeborst wrote:
Is it advisable to use the same Hard Drive that the server is running off as a sharepoint?
It doesn't matter too much - the only issue is from a restore point of view - what will you lose if the server creams in? From that perspective, it probably makes sense to have the OS on one drive and the 'shared area' (if that's what you're going to do) on the other drive. Then, once you have everything set up and working how you like, use Disk Utility or CarbonCopyCloner or something similar to image the OS drive onto an external HD for speedy restore purposes, and maybe set up Time Machine on the server itself to back up the shared area and probably the /Users/ directory to another external drive - 1TB+ if you have it.
Remember that in order for the drive to be useable as a TM destination, it has to be formatted in a way that OS X can understand, so GUID partition table and probably Mac OS Extended (Journaled). The reason I point that out is that some NAS drives (you mentioned a Hip something or other which I'm not familiar with but may fall under this category) run their own partition tables etc, sometimes even running their own OS (which can be Win 98 or similar) thus rendering them useless from this point of view.
Other things to think about are how you're using your space. Remember that if each user account has iTunes with a load of songs, that is going to suck up space on your server very quick. If that's the case, perhaps consider dumping everyone's songs onto a sharepoint and setting that as the iTunes storage location for each user's iTunes. Alternatively, with iTunes 9 you can now share music libraries between multiple computers (providing they're all using the same Apple ID). Of course that throws up iPod/iPhone syncing problems, so keep it all in mind.
Furthermore (I think you've already mentioned this), see what you can put on the shared area instead of in users Documents folder. For example, if one of them has a load of family photos - put them all on the shared area. Stuff you don't want the kids to have access to (financial documentation etc) can still be put on the shared area, but can be protected with user account-based permissions (this is where server OS's and networked user accounts really come into their own), or just leave within one user account.
And for goodness sake, especially if you have things you don't want the kids to have access to, don't let the main server account be the one that the kids use to log on to the server for every-day purposes, since they will then have access to everything (since the main admin account on any mac is by default 'root', which means it is the account which is allowed to do absolutely anything to an OS, including changing permissions etc etc)

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