Underlying question: What should I be reading?
I wish a blackbox which:
1. Connects 4 local machines via Ethernet [WiFi shall *NOT* be
considered]
A. A desktop with WinXP and multiple versions of Debian
B. A laptop with WinXP Pro SP3 whose reason for existence is
running SeaMonkey.
Historically it is/was my primary machine. Its future is
as a portable.
C. A laptop dedicated to Linux experiments. I have erased
the HDD as many as
ten times in one week ;/
D. Misc temporarily connected laptops.
2. It shall provide multiple USB ports in order that a selection
of flash dives
and a 1 TB HDD can be accessed by any machine.
3. It *SHALL* connect to the internet via a T-Mobile 4G Hotspot
Z915 connected
via USB. The WiFi features have been disabled. I really
wanted a USB cell network
modem. The local T-Mobile outlet was only vendor that didn't
try assaulting me with
their 'smartphone-du-jour' with an atrociously large data
plan. this connection
shall be protected by a firewall.
How broke will I be?
TIA
