tedd:

I have been using an Asante FR3004 router along with an Asante 5 port 10BT
hub on a 5 Mac network (2 Wintel machines to be added in the future) for
several months now with ATT Roadrunner (cable modem), and I am very happy
with it.  I have had 2 conversations with Asante Tech Support
(800-622-7464), and found the tech person to be pleasant and helpful.  I
was worried about Intrusions where the router's log file showed lots of
'Unrecognized access from 63.227.81.193:21 to TCP port 21', and he steered
me to a router firmware update that had a 'disable ping' option so the
router wouldn't respond to the unwanted query.  He told me that Asante is a
small company (20-40?), and is very oriented towards the Mac - definitely
the kind of place I would vote for with my money.

You said
> So, what that means is that once you hook all your computer up to the
> router, they all have access to the net AND to the printer -- kewl.

AFAIK, the FR3004LC is configurable as a print server for Windows only.


Also, following your lead I bought a Newer Maxpower G3 400 MHz upgrade card
for my aging, but physically robust 7600 (who knew they would go out of
business soon thereafter?).  Works great, with a small display ghosting
problem that was solved by reducing the backside cache speed to 160 MHz.
The old puppy is frisky again - thanks for the recommendation.

Regards,

Walter

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Walter Lenk    Cambridge Ma    617-547-7781
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