Hi,
>Following up on Dave Scott's post, I am very happy with the SMC
>"Barricade" 7004 router. It costs a few bucks more than the Linksys and
>D-Link products but it has more features and it also has, FWIW, a built in
>printer port. I think the combination of a firewall, to close everything
>except those specific ports you want open, and wrappers, to specify who
>can get in to the remaining ports, is the way to go IF you have to have
>your spectrometers on a public network. But life is so much easier if you
>don't--in that case, you don't even need passwords on user accounts.
>
>
At least concerning the routers a live demonstration during the ENC would
be possible. I have one actually unused device (unfortunately of rather low
quality) and could take it with me, if somebody is interested.
Same demonstration would be possible for redundant data
storage. We are very happy using 3Ware controllers
and simple IDE disks. Maintenance is possible from anywhere.Of course
the quality of the Asilomar network should be a little bit better
than two years ago. ;-)
Best regards
Rainer
Received on Mon Apr 19 2004 - 10:57:52 MST