WiFi for PC and Mac

[bareback]

I've got a desktop PC connected to ADSL, I also have a PC laptop and Mac laptop. I want to be able to connect to the Internet using WiFi and also file share - between Mac and PC.

I spoke to Apple and they recommended the AirPort Base Station, then an Airport card for the Mac Powerbook and a PC (PCMCIA) Card that was 802.11 compatible for the desktop and PC laptop.

Apparently that way all computers could surf the net and could communicate with each other.

My question is has anyone ever done this, does it work, if not what does. The range needs to cover a 4 storey brick house.

I need to be sure what I buy will work as I'm looking to spend about £400

thanks one and all for your help.

 

[New to this technology]

Hi

I have a PC/MAC setup using Airport in a three storey house which we use for business/personal use.

It seems to work fine, and we share files between the PC and Macs, but via a Windows 2000 server running file and print services for Macintosh (shared volume on server). You would need something similar in place to share files, or a 3rd party utility as a Mac will not see a standard PC on the network and vice versa.

We use the Airport to dial up (using std phone line) for all the PCs and Macs, the Airport box supplies the IP address using NAT and DHCP to all clients on the network.

I have not tried using the Aiport through ADSL as we cannot get that, and I am in the process of trying to get everyone to try going through my Netsystem (one way satellite) connection for internet.