Is a Airport Base Station Neccessary to WiFi tween eMac and iBook?

Hi All!
Subject line says it all. I've an Airport card in my iBook that works very well outside, but I'd like to go online with it around the house via my eMac which has DSL but no airport card. Can my iBook access the web via my eMac if I bought my eMac an Airport card or is a Base Station a must? How can I set this up if possible?
Thanks for any info!
JimWG

Hi JimWG,
Yes, it is possible (see this article), but using a wireless base station (router) is a better solution. For example, with an AirPort Extreme base station you would connect the DSL modem to the WAN port, the eMac to one of the LAN ports and the iBook wirelessly.
Jan

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