"Bernie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bob wrote:
> >Uhm, we may have drifted from the original topic - the (original) point
was
> >that seeing LAN activity on an "unoccupied" network is not at all
unusual,
> >and is necessary in many cases, particulary -- especially -- if more than
> >one subnet is involved.
>
> The orignal topic IIRC was that it was useless to let them be turned on
> when they aren't doing anything usefull. Power and bandwidth consumption
> are the two problems with it and why they should instead be turned off.
> (IMHO of course).
Well, I guess someone could run in at night to turn on the server to allow
incoming e-mail to trickle in...
Network "stuff" does eat power, but it would be pretty tough to track
exactly who's going to use the network and at what times to allow selective
powering down of equipment. And route udpates and similar info needs to be
propogated so that the network converges properly BEFORE people start using
it to avoid long delays and creation of un-necessary traffic for each
request. Wake-on-LAN might be extended to network devices, but again the
"chatter" tends to be ongoing if not continuous.
It would be nice to minimize power consumption, but I don't think network
eqiupment would be a good candidate, unless we're talking about stand-alone
network segments with no need to communicate to the outside world.
> [...]
> >The "Designed for" is pretty scary in a monitor for Pete's sake! I'd not
> >realized that MPR is TUV (German) equivalent earlier.
>
> (Almost) everything these days has a label on them stating "Made/Designed
> for Windows [whatever]". In truth all (I'm a little unsure perhaps there
> are more exceptions) except TV-Cards, Scanners and USB equipment are "Made
> for DOS" but I haven't seen that on anything at all. "Made for a PC" would
> IMO be the best thing to stick on them - but what would the point eb with
that?
I think the "made for Windows" implies that the company has paid appropriate
homage to Microsoft and that the install uses the MS standards (not
altogether a bad thing when I remember Windows 3.x). I remember Novell's
certification programs where companies had to submit equipment and a large
amount of cash ($10,000US as I recall) to have their equipment certified to
run NetWare and thus earn the right to put the little Novell sticker on the
box. More than one company has used this as a revenue stream. These days, I
expect uneducated consumers might be swayed by a sticker on two otherwise
identical products. I was dismayed to buy a sound card a couple of years ago
that did NOT provide installation routines for either DOS *or* Windows. Took
that one back right away!
Ah, the joys of modern life!
- Bob
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