[G4] Need Recommendations for Router, CD R/W Drive & Floppy Drive

[5c4r7]

I've set up a number of networks now.  While a number of different 
brands of routers will work, I have found the easiest ones to configure 
for Mac and PC are Linksys routers.

5c4r7
On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 10:48  PM, Steve O'Neill wrote:

> Sharon Confer wrote:
>
>> Question #1: I have a G4 that I use all the time and a Toshiba laptop
>> that I use once in a while.  When I want to get online with the PC, I
>> have to unplug the DSL cable from my G4 and then plug the cable into 
>> the
>> PC.  I want to switch from one computer to the other without having to
>> unplug/plug-in the cable all the time.  From reading the messages on
>> this list, I think I need a router to do what I want to do.  The only
>> problem is that I don't know what I need in a router, and I don't know
>> what brand is a good brand, so I need recommendations for routers, if
>> possible.
>
>
> The bottom line is: about any Compusa DSL router will do; it'll have 
> more features than you need right now.  You should have been using a 
> firewall; it'll have one also.  Get one with at least two LAN ports 
> (Mac+Toshiba), most have four or five.  Look for web-based 
> configuration (I think they all have that anyway), that'll be 
> compatible with any browser therefore either computer.  Better make 
> sure its LAN side is 100baseT, because now you'll have a network, too, 
> and that'll be handy.  The funny thing is, both the Mac and the PC 
> will get to the internet just fine, but they won't talk to each other 
> very well.
>
> For example, I bought a NetGear for home and a LinkSys for work, both 
> do web config.  But I bought the NetGear for home because this 
> particular model had a web-surfing tracking function ("web-safe") that 
> follows my teenager's tracks (he knows about it).
>
> (Router terms: LAN = your internal network; WAN = the big wide world)
>
>
>
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