[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 1. I notice that my 7600 has TWO ethernet connections; one an RJ-45 and the > other a AAUI(?) port. Is it possible to use BOTH at the same time? Or if I > wanted to use both, would I have 2 switch back & forth?
As others have said, it's really the same device. If you add another network card, you'll be able to use one as an ethertalk (Appletalk over ethernet) connection and the other as the TCP/IP device with, I believe, any MacOS version that handles ethertalk. > (The reason I am asking is that I currently have a few of my work computers > hooked up together via an ethernet LAN, and it is sensitive material. I > realize that the computers could share it all using the network that will be > created when I get my DSL network up & running, but I would prefer to keep > these computer in their little network, independant from my other computers. > Is that possible?) If you have MacOS 9, two devices means that you can use TCP/IP to mount one set of computers' drives (e.g. work drives) and ethertalk to mount the rest. Sharing the Internet connection? You might need extra software (Appleshare). MacOS X you'll be able to set TCP routes so that everything can be TCP/IP, and the work drives can be well protected (and still able to access the internet, too!). It might not be easy to do graphically, though- and I've had interesting experiences with the Darwin configuration utility (netsomething? I can't remember the name). Only the box with two ethernet cards would need to be MacOS X. What might be the easiest solution would be to use *two* _DIFFERENT_ NAT-ing routers- The trouble here is that they'd need to use different private IP spaces, e.g. 192.168.123.* (this is what my SMC Barricade uses) and 192.168.1.* (it should be workable if one uses 192.168.*.* and the other uses 192.168.123.*; just use the smaller space for the work machines). What I'm picturing is Cable-router1<(home_machines&(router2-work_machines)). That would be pretty secure. Maybe I better say that my diagram is supposed to mean that the work router is plugged into the home router, which is in turn plugged into the cable transciever. > 2. Say I have a router, and I take one of the rj-45 lines from it and SPLIT > IT into two rj-45 connections (using a device I saw once at Radio Shack). > Would it be able to provide TWO DSL connections itself, OR would the > "splitter" have to be a router? The device I saw from Radio Shack was small > like a Farralon Eitherwave device, and it claimed it could split a connection > into two.... > For that matter, could the Farralon Etherwave split a connection into two > usable ones also? Most cable-ethernet things are going to be keyed to work only with a certain ethernet MAC, which means only one device at a time. The etherwaves I have are essentially tiny hubs. Bigger hubs are cheap. BTW, I saw a suggestion about just using passwords. I'm pretty sure that only the passwords themselves are encrypted, so any files that are transfered can be sniffed (grabbed by a third machine on the same hub). -- Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] p.s. I'm a bit tired, so I might be exceptionally cryptic today! -- 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
