On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 06:39 PM, JeffH wrote:
Can this machine still be used with DSL? If it matters, it has 20M of
RAM, a 1G HD, an Assante ethernet card and is running system 7.1
(updated), with OT 1.1.2. I pretty much only use it on the internet to
check email (using Claris Emailer 1.1v3), but I would hate to have to
keep paying for dialup just to check my email. I'm asking here because
the system requirements that verizon lists obviously rule out my SE/30.
Actually, they make it confusing by saying you need OS X and powerPC
processor of at least 120Mhz. I've decide to ask here first, as if I call
them they are going to tell me I need OS X and that will be the end of
the discussion.
I don't know why they would insist on OSX - I would think OS9 at least might be the minimum.
They just don't want to deal with customers calling up with an old Pentium 75 and complaining "Hey, I thought that this was supposed to be fast!". As long as the connection uses standard ethernet, there should be no problem, you just won't get great performance on the 'net. (faster than modem, though)
Does anyone here have an 030 machine running 7.1 hooked up to DSL? Not
that this would be a regular occurrance, but does iCab work on it? Claris
Emailer?
I occasionally hook up my SE/30 (running 7.5.5) to my little home network, plus I always have a PowerBook 520 running 7.6.1 going, that's my fax machine. I use Eudora Light for email, and I don't have a problem receiving any mail.
I connected an Apple IIgs to cable modem, and I routinely have my SE/30 on as well. At the moment, the slowest machine on the network is a very old SparcStation running linux. I have had no problems with it.
Right now I've got three machines hooked up to a four port hub. If I hook
the modem to the hub, would it be possible for the three machines to use
DSL, or would I need a router of sorts? If I do need a router, will file
sharing between my three machines still work?
You would need a router to split the DSL signal, but if you get more than a 1-port model it also works as a switch/hub. Routers are real cheap now. I can file share with everything, including three machines running OSX.
Yeah, just get a router, and connect it to the ethernet output of the DSL/Cable modem, and set up the network that way. Then, you can have whatever computers you want on there. As long as the computer can be connected to the ethernet (some way or another) and can speak TCP/IP, it'll work.
Thanks in advance,
J White
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