Using a cable NAT router (like the Netgear or the Linksys as examples) will allow you to treat each connection as a separate connection and the NAT router becomes the gateway. That takes the burden off of your box and allows you to get into a decent network situation for your home with each computer standing on it's own. I see no practical difference of speed using the NAT router or directly to the cable modem. These also commonly offer a built in 100meg switch as well so transfers between boxes are quite nice.
The current crop of NAT routers set up via web interface so they are computer generic and are easy to set up. I do that at home to build boxes for work. Besides my 2 Macs I hang windows boxes I build, Sun servers, what ever project I have going on the home net and it is the way to go.. New mac configuration? Just gimme a credit card... Oh no the wife found out! >I am contemplating upgrading to either a new G4 Mac, iMac, or G3 iBook, thus >I have a question. As I plan to share my cable modem with my son's PC (when >he's home from college), I want to be able get as much online performance as >possible for the both of us. My current Mac (PM6500/G3/400MHz) skips along >the 'Net quite nicely. His HP Pavillion 520n (1.3GHz Celeron) screams on the >same modem. My fear is, if my current Mac is the gateway, it will slow his >online experience considerably. OK, I envy his downloads too. > >Any ideas on which new Mac configuration I should consider to address this >issue? > -- Thanks, Chuck Leavens Director of Engineering and I.T. WDUQ FM Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 412-396-5508 -- 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> --> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
