On 5/11/2016 9:51 AM, Larry Brigman wrote: > All of 1) can be handled by a network switch. Network switches can be > chained together to allow more connections. > 2) and 3) now required a wireless router something like the one I am using > ASUS RT-AC66R. > It has two USB ports and the option to handle alternate routing for a 3/4G > modem. You can turn off the wifi. > If you only have four computers you could just get the ASUS device and be > done but the temporary devices would be over the four > port limit of the router.
Sorry, no sail ;/ My specmanship skills must have atrophied more than I thought. I had wished to explicitely exclude that solution. Nobody ever said I was "normal". [No comment on silings' comments.] > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:15 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >> An underlying question: What should I be reading? >> >> I wish a blackbox which: >> >> 1. Connects 4 local machines via Ethernet [WiFi shall *NOT* be >> considered] >> A. A desktop with WinXP and multiple versions of Debian >> B. A laptop with WinXP Pro SP3 whose reason for existence is >> running SeaMonkey. >> Historically it is/was my primary machine. Its future is >> as a portable. >> C. A laptop dedicated to Linux experiments. I have erased the >> HDD as many as >> ten times in one week ;/ >> D. Misc temporarily connected laptops. >> 2. It shall provide multiple USB ports in order that a selection >> of flash dives >> and a 1 TB HDD can be accessed by any machine. >> 3. It *SHALL* connect to the internet via a T-Mobile 4G Hotspot >> Z915 connected >> via USB. The WiFi features have been disabled. I really >> wanted a USB cell network >> modem. The local T-Mobile outlet was only vendor that didn't >> try assaulting me with >> their 'smartphone-du-jour' with an atrociously large data >> plan. this connection >> shall be protected by a firewall. >> >> How broke will I be? >> TIA >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
