-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > On 7/16/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Chuckk Hubbard wrote: >> > through, I'm kinda strapped. Also, what I was saying about ethernet >> > is that each comp only has one port. So even if I had a router, I'd >> > need an extra port for each machine if I wanted to connect the LAN and >> > internet at the same time. Or I could buy one 2-port card and put >> > both of the other ports on one box. So I'm buying a hub, a router, >> > and a PCI card. >> >> Definitely not true. Each machine needs only *one* Ethernet jack. >> >> A multi-port router has a (4 or 5 port) switch built into it so that >> you access the internet *and* the other machine over the same wire. >> >> Plug your cable modem and Macs into this one unit, and then they'll >> all see each other. >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833127013 > > Sweet. I never tried that. Thanks for showing me the light.
Of course, that's the cheap. A "plain old router" plus a gigabit switch would offer much greater LAN speed. Of course, then you'd have to buy PCI cards. As with most things, it all depends on what you need and how much you can spend. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEusSXS9HxQb37XmcRAuOXAJ0ZpEtCkWOb6gKSoLpE6aX6LXh9wQCglBst G3wuVUweeqt2J83R83O10QU= =FXUB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
