On 12/29/2002 14:31, Henri Yandell wrote [snip...] > >This may not matter to you, but I have this router and while it's been >great for most things, it does not appear to work with Windows XP [at >least with WEP turned on, and who wouldn't]. XP doesn't allow hexadecimal >WEP keys.
This won't worry me for a while, 'cuz at worst I'd have to run Win2000 over Virtual PC - and security wouldn't be a worry, because any packet sniffer would fall asleep waitng for VPC to send the packets ;<) [snip...] >> >> This thing'll have some basic firewall stuff in it, right, so I won't >> need another piece of hardware? > >Yep. I've found the firewall to be good and easy to use. The only issue >its had over my previous firewall [a PC running Smoothwall, a linux >firewall] is that it doesn't have a DNS server on it. I'll just try to get the DNS server running on the file server in the basement. > >> What specs should I be looking for in a cable modem (as I haven't yet >> gotten the fast internet connection)? I assume that the $100 that insight >> digital wants is way too much. I've seen some on ebay for $40, but don't >> know what is recommended. > >No idea. Insight were giving the modems away when I got one I think. They >have monthly (quarterly?) different offer schemes. Check what the current >one is and when it runs out just in case. I feel kinda dumb asking this, but how did you check for specials. The Insight web site has looked the same to me every time I've visited it, wondering if there were any deals. Perhaps I'm looking at the wrong place (http://www.insight-com.com/net/ and then following the links to the pricing). They want $100 for a modem. [snip...] > >For an Apple laptop, I would only use an airport card. It plugs into the >machine internally and not through the PCMCIA, leaving that port free for >other devices. This is worth the $23. If the apple card doesn't go >in internally due to age of the laptop, then it depends on your OS >preferences. Buying an orinoco means you can use it in other >machines/OSes, whereas buying airport means you can use it in your next >Apple machine internally. This plus the comments you sent later about the setup of the card not being obvious for the Orninoco makes me lean towards the Airport card. I'll have to see what my wife's Powerbook g3 looks like for installing cards internally. My guess is that the card stays outside. Thanks for the advice, Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
