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dayve
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USA
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Posted - 10 September 2003 :  22:55:53  Show Profile  Visit dayve's Homepage
Currently in my home network I have these devices:

Wireless Access Point Router
Firewall Router
Print Server
Cable Modem

I was at BestBuy the other day and noticed that Motorola came out with a 5-in-1 solution that seems really promising.

One (1) device takes care of being a:

Wireless Access Point
5 port switch
Firewall
Print Server
Cable Modem

It is selling for about $219.00 but it seems well worth it. I could rid myself of 4 devices in my existing network if I had this.



http://reviews.cnet.com/Motorola_SBG1000_Wireless_Cable_Modem_Gateway/4505-3004_7-30470429.html?tag=dir

Gremlin
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New Zealand
7528 Posts

Posted - 11 September 2003 :  01:46:52  Show Profile  Visit Gremlin's Homepage
That does look nice, my ISP sometime this year is going to allow customers to put their own Cable modems on the network (they've been stinging us $17 a month for the last 4 years to rent one). That looks like it would replace quite a bit of the kit I have in the server room now and put me wireless (real wireless not just bluetooth I use now) at the same time.

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dayve
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USA
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Posted - 14 September 2003 :  17:28:23  Show Profile  Visit dayve's Homepage
my ISP only charges like 8 bucks to rent the modem and will allow me to buy my own modem, but they will not "support" it if I have problems which is no big deal to me... this is not rocket science after all .

I think I am going to sell my modem, wireless access point, firewall/vpn router, printer server and signal booster and get me one of these today .

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Gremlin
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New Zealand
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Posted - 14 September 2003 :  22:15:52  Show Profile  Visit Gremlin's Homepage
Sounds pretty much like our ISP, they've said in an email though confirming I'll be able to buy my own sometime later this year, and I've definately fo that motorola bookmarked now :) actually thats about the same price as us too, $8 US give or take currency fluctuations is $15-$17NZ

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snaayk
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USA
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Posted - 16 September 2003 :  16:35:16  Show Profile  Visit snaayk's Homepage  Send snaayk an AOL message  Send snaayk an ICQ Message  Send snaayk a Yahoo! Message
Too bad it's only 802.11b and not G.

Dayve, if you sell your signal booster wont you have diminished coverage in the house?
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