if you can use ISA NICs.. I have some 3c509B TP only cards that I could donate 4 to you (even though I'm only saving you $16 plus shipping).
----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:05 PM Subject: Suggestions for *inexpensive* hardware dealers > Okay, I've seen this list do everything from bring a couple together in > marriage to find a missing child to help people find jobs to pass out really > good baked goods... so I'll throw my "need" on the floor and see if anyone > has any suggestions. What I'm looking for is suggestions and comments on > vendors to purchase the equipment from. Aside from the router/switch I'm > not married to any particular model or brand, what I've listed is what I've > found so far. > > My 16 year old brother-in-law goes to a small (45 student) Christian school. > Recently they mentioned that they'd like to be able to share one or two > printers between the 11 computers they have there to my mother-in-law. She > brought up the fact that I had just set up her network at home and could > probably help them out. > > So I go an assess the situation. 11 computers in 4 rooms. 6 in the > "Fellowship Hall" (really big room) along one wall. Two in one classroom > that actually share a wall with 6 in the big room. Two more in another > classroom on the other side of the big room and down a bit of a > hallway/office and the last one in that hallway/office. I decided to do the > following: > > Wire the 6 in the fellowship hall up to a dedicated hub for that room. Tie > the hub into a wireless router/switch and then put USB wireless adaptors on > the remaining computers. I already have a 17 port 10Base hub for the > fellowship hall. I've been poking around on the 'Net and here's what I've > found for pricing: > > Realtek RTL8139 10/100 NIC's - $4/ea (need 4 total) > Robanton USB Wireless Adaptors - $25/ea (need 5 total) > Netgear MR814NA - $69 > > I picked the Netgear MR814NA for the router/switch because I have seen it in > action and was *extremely* impressed with the level of control that it can > exert on the Internet connnection. It has lockout by day and by time, IP or > URL restriction by complete address or by wildcard and an integrated email > alert when someone attempts to violate the policies! Since this school is > run by 4 volunteers and has 45 students, those kinds of controls become > imperative. > > So I'll open it up to suggestions. Heck, I'll even open it up to donations > since all this equipment is actually going into a church (tax write-offs are > a wonderful thing). > > Thanks! > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
