[G4] Networking

[Bobby Wade]

Thanks David and B G.

I think and hope that I have the concept of static,
dynamic and networking down? I  just recovered a saved
May 2001 (No.57) issue of MacAddict--I usually don't
purchase magazines--which speaks to my questions. I
found some additional information on the maker of the
modem/router's site. Thanks again for taking the time
to answer.  

--- "David L. Presberg" <pres at mail2.gis.net> wrote:

> Bobby Wade --
> 
> Depending on how many devices the existing
> DSL-modem/router can
> handle (some can do more than 1), and what all else
> it has in it
> (e.g., NAT with Firewall; DHCP server; "admin"
> interface), you
> might want to throw a very small amount of money at
> another
> switch/router to sit between the DSL-modem and all
> the other
> machines on your home LAN.  And as Harry Freeman
> noted, every
> machine on your LAN would have independent,
> concurrent, access
> to the internet.
> 
> 3 1/2 years ago I bought a Linksys "EtherFast"
> router/switch
> with 4 LAN ports.  My local CompUSA had it
> discounted, over-the-
> counter, for $50.  It has worked flawlessly since
> then.  I
> just did a trivial Google-search for "linksys
> router" and "price"
> and found that NewEGG is offering the identical
> model now for
> $7 less than I had paid, and there is an additional
> $10 mail-in
> coupon.  The model is BEFSR41 for the 4-port unit. 
> (Linksys
> also makes an 8-port and a wired-plus-WiFi unit, as
> well.)
> 
> It's kind of amazing all of what LinkSys built into
> that small
> device.  And when I went after "technical support"
> (which I actually
> never really needed -- it is almost entirely
> "plug-and-play" since
> they got the usual default settings perfect for a
> home-LAN)
> I was extremly impressed with the extensive set of
> notes that
> had been written at
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/ about it.
> (I just checked again -- those notes ran from early
> 2000 through
> early 2002 and presumably any early-model problems
> have long since
> gone away.) Even the manual that came with the
> router/switch is
> literate and useful!  As I said, mine has been
> flawless.
> 
> It sits on the ethernet between the house-side of a
> cable-modem
> (supplied by the cable company) and our 3 Macs -- a
> B&W G3 still
> running OS 8.6, a PowerBook G4 still running OS
> 10.2.8, and
> a brand new iMac running 10.4.8 -- and our HP
> LaserJet 2100M
> printer is on the 4th port so that any of the Macs
> can get to
> it directly (there is an Ethernet/Appletalk
> converter box between
> the Linksys and the printer).  You didn't say if
> your printer
> had a USB or Firewire interface: if so, then the
> printer would have
> to be "shared" off one of the LAN-based machines.
> 
> But with the DHCP server in the Linksys, *all* of
> your local
> machines will have a fixed IP address w.r.t. each of
> the others,
> regardless of what the DSL-modem does dynamically
> w.r.t the WAN
> side.
> 
> -- David L. Presberg
>     Software Engineer -- Specializing in Compilers
> and
>       Language-Related Tools
> 
> RE:
> > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:35:51 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Bobby Wade <sumptin_sumptin at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [G4] Networking
> > To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
> > 	<g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> > Message-ID:
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> > 
> > You are correct  about home use. According to the
> > brochure that came with the modem, it includes a
> > router. I looked up some of this information on
> > Apple's web site under Support section along with
> > 2Wire the maker of the modem, to compare and
> contrast
> > information. 
> > 
> > Are you saying I need a second router?
> 
> 
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