RE: Home Server recommendations ??

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

> > a pci wifi card ( Personally I would use a seperate access
point)
>
> Could use USB to free up the PCI slot.

Good idea.

>
> > a USB broadband modem ( not sure if you can get USB cable
modems)
>
> All cable modems I've seen can use USB or ethernet.

My cable modem was ethernet only. Havn't paid any attention recently as
I
don't have cable at the mo /me weeps.

>
> > a copy of NAT32+ (www.nat32.com)
>
> Win2k does NAT out of the box (I assume that's what this does).

Which is great unless you need to use netmeeting.( funny that :/ )

>
> > Not very upgradeable due to lack of pci slots, but I wouldn't add
any HA
> > functions to a machine like this :)
>
> Why wouldn't you add HA functions to it?

Reliability. ( Not knocking windows, but the using it as a workstation
element)

Cheers, Des.

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