Zane Gilmore wrote: > I have just been speaking to Mike Dewe who is the "I.T. Director" here > at the Uni' and he has given us permission to use the internet on the > Varsity network. > I've said that we won't want any more than 500MB of data and that if we > go over that then we will pay for it.(at approx' $50/GB I think) > > Is there a way to make sure we don't go over this? > > So with that in mind I think the best way to connect everything up is to > set up a gateway machine then hang a wee private network off it with a > switch or hub or whatever. > > Is there anyone who can provide some of the equipment for this? > > I remember someone saying they had a hub I think the gateway box can be > anything with a 10MB ethernet card. > Sounds like a good idea to me. If anyone has network equipment, hubs, cat5 etc... bring it along - you can never have too much :) I can bring an 8 port 10/100 switch. Cheers, Gareth
