Connecting Other Wi-Fi Clients to an AirPort Network
Just because a wireless LAN uses an AirPort Extreme as its access point does not mean that the network is limited to AirPort clients. Every client computer on an AirPort network does not have to be a Macintosh. There is absolutely no difference between an AirPort network and any other Wi-Fi network, so a computer that uses some other brand of network adapter and a different operating system will have no trouble detecting an AirPort network.
An AirPort Extreme appears to the network adapters in computers that use other operating systems as a standard Wi-Fi access point. The adapter will use the AirPort network to exchange data with other computers and as a gateway to the Internet. From the adapter's ...
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