As long as the Mac in question has a wireless adapter, it should connect.
A Dell router using standard settings will work with a Mac. If there is a wireless network already established then the Mac should be able to connect to that.
All you need is an ethernet cable and connect them together. If you already have a router then just connect the two to the network.
Routers are not aware of what is connected to them. Any network device can be attached as long as it has an network interface and can use the IP protocol. The answer to your question is that you do not need a disk, you only have to insert a network lead into the Router then plug the other end into the Mac. The Mac Operating System will deal with the technologies.
The Media Access Control - MAC Address is a number, created by the manufacturer, which identifies your computer on a network. If you have a wireless network, for example, you may want to add the MAC address for each computer you want to connect to the network, and tell the router to only allow these computers to connect, to prevent unknown computers connecting to your network.
# Connect a DSL modem to the DSL line # Connect an Ethernet wire from the modem to the Mac. # There is no step 3. Unless you want to stick a router in between and get a network going.
MAC address filtering uses the MAC address to identify which devices are allowed to connect to the wireless network. When a wireless client attempts to connect, or associate, with an AP it will send MAC address information. If MAC filtering is enabled, the wireless router or AP will look up its MAC address a preconfigured list. Only devices whose MAC addresses have been prerecorded in the router's database will be allowed to connect.
Connecting to the Internet is usually done through a modem/router. If these do not provide a wireless network then it will need to be wired usually by connecting an Ethernet cable between the router and the computer.
You set a password off the settings of your router
It is a list on your internet router that filters computers by their MAC address, which is the fingerprint of the network adapter.
You should be able to check how many computers are connected to your router, in the router settings. Most likely you can find it in "Status" for wireless network or for all networks. You check MAC addresses for all your computers connected to the router and compare it with those in the list. In that way you know if you have some "guests". You find out who connected to your router will be much harder and require special software and training.PS: you can use MAC filter to block "guests".
System Preferences > Network > Built-in Ethernet > Router
You have to start 'Sharing' in System Preferences on your Mac if you want your PC to be able to connect to Mac. Then in XP, go to My Network Places and workgroup and find the shared files on the Mac.