Clarence wrote:
>I've tried Internet Extender and it does not seem to have a purpose.
>You can connect ONE internal network to ONE external network - what's
>the point ? It's almost a piece of wire. <g>
Of course it has a purpose. Since I only have one IP on the Internet I can
only use one computer without it, now I can use... well I've forgotten what
class my network is but it's enough for what I can possibly see that I'll
ever need. Besides, it frees ups low memory in DOS (no EPPPD loaded on this
machine <g>).
>May I suggest Freesc027 ? It's free. It's Cisco. It's Linux. (Complete and
>bootable): http://www.freesco.org/
Ah, but it's also much more unsafe. Since the TCP/IP stack isn't inside the
kernel DOS internet programs will be more safe against attacks than the
same programs in Windows and Linux is/would be.
>It will support shared printer(s). It will connect your internal network(s)
>to your external network. Seems to me it will replace your hub, (does for me)
>but that depends on what you want your internal network(s) to do.
>I want them isolated. ;-)
It would replace a switch not a hub ;-) But it would probably be more
costly than a switch (or even a hub) would be.
//Bernie
