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Share your Internet Connection!
EtherFast 10/100 Cable/DSL
NAT Router with 4-port switch $119.00*
• Connect to a Broadband Modem or to an Ethernet Backbone
• Equipped
with a 4-Port 10/100 Switch
• Connects all of Your PCs to the
Internet with only one purchased WAN IP Address
• Creates a NAT
Firewall to protect your PCs from outside intruders.
Built-In 10/100 4-Port Switch supports up to 253 users!!
This cutting-edge combination of router and switch technology eliminates
the need to buy an additional hub or switch and serves your network
as a completely dedicated, full duplex backbone.
Note:
This unit requires an external Cable or DSL modem with an Ethernet
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| Requirements |
Notes |
| MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS |
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Windows 95 or higher
• Pentium or equivalent
• 16MB RAM (32MB recommended)
• CD-Rom Drive
• Available PCI Slot |
Computer
Networking labour billable at $75/hour. Custom wiring jobs can
also be arranged. For more information, contact Powerland Computers
sales department at sales@powerlandcomputers.com
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We can help you do this! Here are some simple explanations of
what you need to do and buy.
1. You need to get your computers connected to each other.
This requires some hardware, possibly software (depending on which
solution you choose), cabling, and labour. Networking your computers
in this "peer to peer" network also allows you to share files in other
programs (such as Word or Excel) and a printer!
2.
You need to choose which method of connecting your computers is best
for you:
Method A: Proxy - Software Based
Advantages: lower
cost
Watch out for: higher maintenance later, not as secure,
only as stable as your software, one computer must be designated as
a "host" computer and be connected to the internet for the other computer(s)
to log on to the internet.
Parts and Costs: Proxy software
- either Windows 98SE, Windows ME, or Windows 2000, Hub (about $50)
and network cards for other computers (about $40 each), patch cables
(one from each computer to the hub - about $1 per foot)
Notes
on Cables: the cables can lay on the floor, be stapled to the
wall/floor, you can install them however/wherever you'd like, or we
can subcontract our electrician to install the cabling into your walls
professionally.
Labour: our rate is $75/hr to do this
networking/internet sharing. It can take between 1 and 5 hours (for
2-3 computers) depending totally the amount of cabling we do for you
and how complicated your computers are with regards to amounts of
software installed which could conflict with internet sharing.
Method B: Router - Hardware Based
Advantages: lower
maintenance, added security, stable, any one of the computers in the
network can connect with the internet independently of the others.
Watch out for: higher initial costs
Parts and
Costs: Router (depending on brand - $100), network cards for the
other computers (approximately $40 each), patch cables - one from
each computer to the router (approximately $1/ft).
Notes on
Cables: same as above
Labour: our rate is $75/hr to
do this networking/internet sharing. With this hardware solution,
it will most likely only take one hour (for 2-3 computers) again then
depending on the amount of cabling we do for you and how much you
have done or do yourself.
3. Call Powerland Computers
and order parts and labour for Internet Sharing!
Contact:
Sales 237-3800 |
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