I am using a setup exactly like this in my home. I have a RB750G that I have my internet connection connected to and do my firewall/routing and anything else I want to play around with on the RB platform, then I connect my Airport Extreme in bridge mode for my wireless and extra gig ports. I got the extreme for the timecapsule option for my macbooks. Works great! On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > I didn't say which apple product. Go with the Extreme. The express is > for the cheapest users just needing to put a Printer in a room. > > //update: I'll repeat what we all know to be true: You get what you pay > for in hardware. you want plastic and <$100 you get a product that isn't > the most reliable. But if you're willing to spend a little more for a > better built piece of hardware... you'll get a very reliable piece of > hardware. > > Florin Iucha wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 12:02:05PM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: > > > >> So... an Apple Airport fits the bill. It's software is free, it's run on > >> a flavor/port of Linux... > >> > > > > I'll chain myself to Cisco before buying Apple hardware again. > > > > Look at the feature(s): > > > > "With AirPort Express connected to your DSL or cable modem, up to 10 > > users at a time can surf the web, send email, annihilate the > > competition in multiplayer games, and much more — wire-free" > > > > 10 users? How generous. Or performant. > > > > Plus, it has no built-in gigabit switch. I'd like to use the router > > to separate the mail/web server into a real DMZ, but I still want to > > access it a gigabit speed from the wired boxes - some e-mails can be > > quite large, and some photos can run into tens of megabytes too. > > > > Cheers, > > florin > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Justin Vogt BOLD Schools Technology Director Justin.Vogt at bold.k12.mn.us (320)523-1031 ext.3156 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100304/6573e111/attachment.htm