whats your paypal i can send you some $$ when i get paid tomorrow ----- 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
