On 7/14/02 11:54 AM, "wappling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have had road runner cable in the tampa florida area several years > now,note on sunday nights at 3;00 am they turn it off for unknown period for > maintenance, > As to how to connect several macs with everything,well in my opinion,start > with, as basic as possable to start with till you are used to it, its > somewhat different than telephone modem to me, of course its only my > opinion, good luck and congrats its nice once you get used to it > > >>> I am highly interested in this thread as I was just told last week that >>> cable >>> broadband is finally available in my area and I need to set it up with my >>> Macs here. I know very little about networking and need to buy the >>> modem/router/switch/firewall/whatever to set myself up. >>> >>> Love the suggestions....... >> >> Now that works! :) I have three Macs set up presently on Roadrunner cable. Like you, when I got cable I had researched this list and others about how to get the best setup for my equipment on hand at that time. Then, I was using two 8500's and a BGE 233 G3 DT. I elected to later switch out the 85's for two more G3's. This List was the most helpful of all. Currently my system is like this and running great : NetGear RT 314 Router ( 4 computer connections available ) SurfBoard SB4100 Cable Modem BGE G3 DT ( orig. 233 rev. A), Rev. C ROM, 400 MHZ Motorola, 768 MB RAM, 60 & 40 GB ATA Maxtor HD's , Sony CDRW ATA, Logitec USB wheel mouse, Radeon ME 32 MB video, 17" VGA Proview Monitor, OS 10.1.5 on the 60 and 9.2.2 on the 40 , IE 5.2. BGE G3 DT AV (orig. REV. A 233 ) REV. C Rom, Sonnet Encore G4 500, 768 MB RAM, 40 GB and 20 GB Maxtor drives. 6 MB onboard VRAM 10.1.5 and 9.2.2, IE 5.2 BGE Rev. B AV 266 G3 DT, 768 MB RAM, 40 & 20 Maxtor Drives also 10.1.5 and 9.2.2, IE 5.2 I have also successfully connected to this modem and router running 9.1 only with : Two 8500's 7300 7200 With the G3's I have also used VPC 5 with 98 SE and also win 2k pro and IE 6 I am like Kyle in this thought though. I DO NOT recommend this router to anyone, even though it has performed without even one hiccup continuously now for over a year. It was Flashed for a peecee and would not accept the password or connect to the modem, due to the built in firewall, when I got it. NetGear made no attempt to hide the fact that they did not support Macs, when I called them for help. All they would say to me was " get a peecee and call us back. We can help you re-flash it then." As tempted as I was to send it back, I went to a neighbor, who was mesmerized with the " Hey Dude You're........ Ads, and called them back. 15 minutes later I was re-hooking it to my Mac and it has worked great since. They do support, but NOT MAC's. Andy3 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
