On Mar 26, 2006, at 2:06 PM, pegleg wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:
Thanks to those who have responded. I would use IPNetrouter except
that I don't have a suitable mac, my old ones are really old (pre
PPC).
If I recall there is a version of IPNetrouter that will work on a
68030 and
above. Routing is not a processor intensive task on most home
networks.
The advantage of a software router is that the software has more
options. A
disadvantage is that another machine must be maintained on the
network.
For the Airport base station, do you know if the RF (ie, wireless)
part
can be turned off if not wanted?
Yes you can. The advantage of an Airport is the built-in V.90
modem. You
must add a hub or switch to add ports.
The advantages of an Asante router is that a more modern V.92 modem
can be
added externally and more ports (4 or 8) are built-in.
Thanks,
Bob
Hope that gives you some options,
Colonel Panik
I have an Asante FR3004FLC 4-port 10/100 with both support for
broadband and dialup, as well as a parallel printer port. I can
highly recommend this model. From their website, it appears they no
longer offer a router for dial-up, though I've queried them to see if
I missed something. I'll post an update if they indicate they still
have products with this. Otherwise, eBay is probably your best bet.
Good luck.
- Peter Schaff
2.3GHz dual core G5 PowerMac, 4GB, 250GB x2, OS 10.4.2, SoftRAID
Dual 1GHz G4 MDD PowerMac, 1.5 GB, 80GB x2, OS 10.2.8
iMac: 600MHz/768MB/40GB/10.2.8
3400C PowerBook, OS 9.1
Brother HL-1870N laser, Epson 785EPX, Minolta 2430DL color laser
Epson 2450 scanner, Asante FR3004FLC router, Best Data 56k modem
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