RE: Home Server recommendations ??

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

> a pci wifi card ( Personally I would use a seperate access point)
> a USB broadband modem ( not sure if you can get USB cable modems)

I think you can with NTL, though I'd go for a network connection
personally.
Certainly with ADSL USB modems, they perform worse connected to a PC than
to
a draytek USB router, which perform worse than an ethernet ADSL
adapter.
The same may well be true in the case of the CM stuff...

> Not very upgradeable due to lack of pci slots, but I wouldn't 

I used always buy with a view to upgrade, but more and more I find
there's
not much to retain from the 'old' system and I essentially replace anyway
-
eg memory doesn't suit new mobo, hard disk too titchy, graphics card
waaayyyy out of date etc. :(

> add any HA
> functions to a machine like this :)

Some will no doubt argue that if you want to use it for a firewall
(which
you should really have if you are on broadband) then you MUST NOT use it
for
any other purpose.   Others would suggest that what is acceptable
risk to
you is good enough.  I fall into the latter category.


T,


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