What do I need to go wireless?

I'm about to buy a new iMac and, as I will occasionally need to move it to another room for "digitising" my LP collection, I don't want any wires other than the mains lead. Because I've had problems with my USB modem, I've also been advised to invest in an ethernet modem or router.
The only peripherals I anticipate using frequently are remote powered speakers in a different room and a printer.in the same room.
Is Airport Express the only other bit of hardware I need to buy and do I need to buy a router (whatever that is)?
iMac DV 400 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 768MB RAM

A router is a box that hooks into the Internet on one end (the WAN side) and creates a private network on the other end (the LAN side). It allows all of your networked devices to share the single IP address provided by your ISP for access to the Internet. It also allows your devices to talk to each other without fear of being "overheard" on the Internet and protects your devices from being attacked over the Internet.
Most so-called wireless routers allow both wireless and wired (Ethernet) connections for the private network. The Airport Express is different in that it provides no wired connections on the LAN side, only wireless. This is only important if you have machines on your private network that you don't want (or can't have) connected wirelessly. As long as you have the Ethernet modem and only wireless devices to connect to your network, an Airport Express is all you need.

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What do i NEED to go Wireless? PLEASE HELP

I have a Powerbook Titanium Ethernet 15" with 550/512/60. I am connected to the internet via a Cable Modem from Adelphia.
I am clueless.
So could someone please give me a list of what i need so i can move my powerbook around the house and not be hooked up to the cable modem.
thanks, Gordon

Dear Gordon,
A few points.
Please don't for 1 minute think I'm trying to be in any way churlish but this query might have got a quicker response in the Titanium PB forum. I only say that because it took me about 20 mins to find the answer I'm about to give and much longer to type as I'm not familiar with the nuances of your hardware
Having said that, I'm more than happy to try to assist a fellow thespian.
To get wireless you need;
a) Some means for your PB to send/receive wireless signals.
Originally, this would have been an 802.11b (11Mbps)Airport card installed in your machine. This would give you a slow but adequate connection by todays standards. The current main standard is 54g (54Mbps Megabits per second). It is not cost effective, nor a good idea to get an original card. It will be slow and expensive.
So - You need a compatible card. Apparently, Apple uses or used to use the broadcom chipset to make Airport cards. Consequently a good 54g card based on the broadcom chipset should be plug and play in your card slot and behave just like a native Airport Extreme card (54g), especially if your OSX is up to date.
This card is the one I think you need therefore is the Sonnet 54 card.OtherWorldComputing has it for $70, but I rcommend shopping around - it doesn't work better if you pay more for it.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/G54CB/
$55 here
http://www.provantage.com/sonnet-g54-cb~7SONT038.htm
b) You need something for the Airport extreme card to talk to - this is a wireless router - again 54g.
This bit is easy - if you have a cable modem, it will have an ethernet connection, so all you need is the router.
There are many options, but you can get them reasonably cheaply - I picked mine up for $70 with $60 in rebates from circuit city. - This netgear one is on sale at $59 with $30 of rebates and you can probably pick it up from the store;
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Netgear-Wireless-Router-WGR614-/sem/rpsm/oid/7288 8/catOid/-12980/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
(If the link doesn't work - go to circuit city and type 54g in the search box)
An alternative is a Belkin f5d72304
There are many alternatives, so if you can find a good price on a 54g router (with at least 4 ports) take it up.
Once you get the router - take a look at the instructions, but essentially what you will do is plug the internet to the router and then configure it to do2 things
a) Connect itself to the internet through the cable modem.
b) Allow the Powerbook to connect to it wirelessly (and route Powerbook traffic to/from the internet). So the router sits as if at the junction of 2 circles the powerbook and the internet, each of which only touches the router, not the other circle.
You will configure the router by connecting the router with a cable to the PowerBook and connecting to it from your web browser. Once you type in the address of the router you will get the config page where you can change settings.
You will need to enter the username and password for the WAN(Internet Cable Account).
You will also need to enable wireless networking, create a name for your network and then enable wireless security so that any Tom Dick or Harriet can't just come and get onto your network.I would recommend WPA Personal. You will need a password or phrase - I would recommend a mix of letters and numbers that are not immediately obvious - e.g HenryIrving
1838 or some such. Also disable ssid (this disables the broadcasting of the network name - to connect you type in the name of the network and the password instead of having the name presented to you). These are basic and essential security precautions.
Lastly you will then connect your Sonnett card - it should be recognised immediately as an airport card - you will get the "fan" icon on the top of the toolbar. Click that and select "other" for network - type in the network name, type of security (WPA Personal) and the password and you should get a connection. You can make this the default network from the system preferences.
That's all. Phew! If you do all that and eat your greens I'll tell you more about security. Spelling mistakes are gratis.
Best of luck.
PS - Whilst you can use almost any 54g router, do not be tempted by a cheaper card for the PowerBook - they may not work properly.

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I am thinking someway I should be able to send my music through airplay or homeshare to a speaker... hopefully wireless outside.. i know you can do it inside wiresly but can you do it outside?
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Here's the situation. Hubs and I have just combined households. Between us we have a Macbook Pro laptop (10.5.8. mine), an HP laptop (his), a westell router from century link and 3 external firewire/usb hardrves, one of which serves as my time capsule. We also have a wireless printer.
One of the external harddrives has my tv shows and movies, downloaded from itunes, stored temporarily since my mac is out of space. We'd like to be able to access our external harddrives wirelessly, so that I can move my itunes library and media files to one and access them wirelessly, have my time capsule hooked up permenantly, and so he could access his moies/shows/music on his external hard drive wirelessly.
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That router you have is really not a router. It is a DSL modem that does have rudimentary router with one port.
What you really need to do is set the westel into Bridged Ethernet mode, that disables the router function in it, and get yourself a good router that has a USB port to connect a USB drive or printer to it. there may be models that have more then one USB port so you could connect multiple devices to the router.
It isn't hard making these changes but i won't go into it here. For that go to DSLReports.com and look up your ISP and then the FAQs for your ISP. More then likely someone has posted detailed instruction on how to do what I described above for your model Westel modem and your ISP.
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Hi a,
http://www.mctiviausa.com/
There has been "talk" on and off of Apple TV doing it (and people have done it with a hack), but I haven't really followed it.
It would be a whole lot cheaper getting an adapter (as needed) and cable and simply pluggin it in when you're in the kitchen.

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Hi The_Emmasaurus,
Welcome to Apple Disucussions
Here are your options:
1)Go to a coffee shop (Starbucks) and pay for internet service from there.
2)You can buy an Airport Base Station (Airport Express/ http://www.apple.com/airportextremeAirport Extreme). They will both work with your card
a. You will need a service provider. Comcast, MSN, Earth Link, etc. EarthLink and Apple have a pretty good package. You should get your local phonebook and look for service providers.
b. Follow directions on Airport Base Station/Service provider and your done
I hope that helps,
Jon

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Some things to try first:
1. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
2. Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
3. Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
4. Go into your router security settings and change from WEP to WPA with AES.
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