Thanks for the review. I, too, would normally use a PDS or NuBus card as well, but the compact Macs are so limited on space I thought it would be more prudent than carving up a case.
There could be a couple of uses for a dualed-NIC station: 1. Router - Using the Mac as a bridge/router [or brouter - a term almost never used anymore] to bridge my old machines with my new machines and have a single connection to the internet. Granted, not the best solution considering the ubiquitous nature of the 100Mb switch these days. 2. Firewall - installing a third NIC allows the implementation of a DMZ. 3. Multi-port trunking (in the cluster world it can be known as Ethernet Bonding) - Depending on the switch, one could aggregate several NICs together to increase network speed throughput or by using one leg as receive only and the other as transmit only for a "full duplex" operation. Jack On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:42:22, John Niven wrote: > >On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 09:04 PM, Jack Gallemore wrote: > >Another quick question: > >Do the EN/SC's have poor performance or is the connection unreliable? Most of the >hacks seem to go >with an internet NIC as opposed to a EN/SC. Is this simply aesetics >or is there a real issue with >networking? > >Additionally, has anyone done a dual-NIC (multi-port trunking, fail-over, or >load-balancing) on a >compact? > >Jack >I have only used the Asante EN/SC with a Classic II. I used it on a "big boys" >network at work. I >never had a problem with it. I never measured how fast it works. >I'm not sure that's an issue, >with the available power and speed of a Classic II :-) > >I *always* use a pds or nubus NIC if I can. They where (are?) much cheaper than an >EN/SC, and are >built -in and therefore neater. > >The second part of your question is lost on me, but sounds like a job for a headless >IIci :-) > >John -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
