mark lewis wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 ml> what's wrong with a simple network switch? 8-port 10/100 switches
 ml> are cheap, these days... less then $20US... no, not a router... a
 ml> switch... 

A wired connection....means running cat5 cable from the basement front to
the second floor rear?  Don't think so.

 ml> but then the question comes of how is your current connection
 ml> handled??? DSL or Cable? is the modem connected to a
 ml> router/firewall or directly to your desktop machine?

DSL-modem is connected to the wireless router with several wired
ports...allows me to sit on the deck or porch with the laptop.


 ml> oops... sorry for rambling and carrying on... just sharing my setup
 ml> and why i use what i use in the manner that i have...

No problem...very instructive. Thanks

 ml> SWE3 box or the COTS router box... if you have servers internally
 ml> that need to be accessed from outside, you use port forwarding...
 ml> with the internal machines being in the same RFC1918 address space,
 ml> they can connet to each other and network over the wire instead of
 ml> using the sneakers (al la sneaker net) ;)

I am much more comfortable with no cables other than from the desktop to
the router.....my daughter has her laptop, I have one and then there's the
one used for ham radio in the basement...all wireless.

I am still wondering what changed....it all worked fine for years....has to
be a change in XP, or NTFS, or maybe GECHO.

Odd

cya,
thom
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