Thanks again for the good advice. The machines I'm going to connect via DSL router (which I'm yet to buy [saw one at macsolutions.com]) and hub are 2 mac IIfx, a mac II ci, a quadra 840AV, a quadra 950, power mac 7500/ xlr8 G3, power Mac 7600 and eventually a power mac 9600 which I'm slowly putting together.
David Nelson wrote: > On Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 07:55 AM, Jason Tessier wrote: > > > Also keep in mind that a hub can far outlive computers. If you buy a > > 10/100 > > hub or switch now, you'll probably have it for years. > > Good point. But one thing to keep in mind is that some really really > old Ethernet cards can't talk to 10/100 devices. For example the Asante > card in my Performa 630 could not connect to my Linksys router (a 10/100 > switch) to share a net connection with my iMac, but when I got a 10 base > T hub, plugged that into the router, and then plugged the old computer > into that hub hub, it worked. Somehow the card was old enough that it > needed another "real" 10 base T device to talk to instead of one that > operates at both speeds. I've heard of this happening with at least one > other person. Just something to keep in mind if you have some really > old machines to hook up. > > If not, the advice about a switch or faster hub is probably a good idea. > > -David -- On this ROCK I will ... Prevail... -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> 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/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
