At 21:47 -0500, 2/4/03, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) observed:
> Hey Gang...
>
> FINALLY realized that I could get better internet usage out of my pre-G3
> ('040 and PCI) Macs by increasing data speed opposed to processor speed...
>
> Now, I recently got my DSL service, with the cable modem and such.... now I
> need to make it accessible to all my computers and printers. I thought(!)
> that all I needed was a 4+ port router to connect everything via ethernet
> cables... but THEN I visited Best Buy...!!
>
> COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "ROUTER" AND A
> "SWITCHER?" Are "switchers" just for wireless connections? (Would have asked
> the guys at Best Buy, but COULD NOT FIND ONE(!), as they usually keep only
> TWO in the department, and OF COURSE their main concern is to help the
> 70-year-old grandma get a 2.5Ghz, Super ALIENWARE computer so she can e-mail
> her grandkids...)
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All-Capital Letters?
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