×Tuesday 13 April 2004 12:32, ×××× ×× ××× Leonid Podolny:
> I haven't heard such a thing on this list for a long time. For some
> reason, people fail to understand that the goal defines the means of
> achieving it, not vice versa. If one of the basic requirements is "easy
> installation (next,next,next)" and "web-based configuration", then how
> come that people advise him not to "be lazy" and install all the hard
> way.
Thanks
> What I'd do in such situation is
> get them a dedicated router specially designed for that matter. I don't
> mean the PC with Linux installed, but a little box the size of the adsl
> modem, which all it is able to do is to be an adsl (or cable) router.
> It's very cheap (~300 NIS) and usually has Linux somewhere deep inside
> -- it's not that its manufacturers want to implement everything from the
> beginning.
A. thats 300 NIS more then they'd need to spend using the original idea
(hardware just lying around, software is free) and that's important since
they don't currently have a home network and setting it up will require some
funds.
B. I lose all the firewalling and proxying abilities that I can get with
Linux, and that's currently the main reason for the evenrt. otherwise I'd
tell them to just plug the main computer (LoseXP) directly to the network and
"network share".
C. Most of these things, especially the cheap ones will only fit one job -
either ADSL or Cable and won't be easily setup (or at all) if they change to
another provider or another technology which might come along.
--
Oded
::..
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
-- Oscar Wilde
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