At 05:42 PM -0600 02/05/2003, William Ove wrote: >There is no need to use your fastest Mac for the modem and the router >functions. Networking actually uses very few resources and a very modest Mac >is more than capable of handling the data flow of a typical network.
FWIW, a PowerMac 7100/66 (an ancient 66-MHz PPC 601 NuBus Mac) with a 2nd ethernet nic, running OS 8.6, IPNetRouter, and NetPresenz, is capable of driving a 3 Mbps cable modem link at full speed while routing data to a dozen "client" computers on your private LAN, PLUS do file sharing, ftp, and http, and STILL have some i/o bandwidth and cpu cycles left over... For further comparison... many "commerical" grade routers from companies like Cisco have only 30-MHz processors! - Dan. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
