Well that wasn't the response I was expecting! Let me talk with the person that I'm dealing with at the school and see if she has one set up. If she doesn't I'll see if she wants to set one up. In all honesty the finances are there to purchase the equipment (right now I'm looking at around $300 or $350 for the whole network). When I mentioned donations I was more referring to equipment than anything. I know that most of us have odd bits lying around... that's where the hub came from!
It'll be a day or two on the paypal address if ya really want it though. Thanks! Hatton > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:26 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Suggestions for *inexpensive* hardware dealers > > > 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
