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Re: [LUG] OT: Apple's new router

 

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:30:31 +0000
Rob Beard wrote:

> Quoting Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > I have just seen this on the Apple site and it looks brilliant.
> > <http://www.apple.com/uk/timecapsule/>
> > I know it is not Linux which is why I changed the subject line but
> > it works for me in everything it provides. What modem would folks
> > recommend hooking it up to please?
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> It looks to me like it's a 802.11n wireless access point with a hard  
> drive built in rather than a router, so chances are you'd probably  
> need either an ADSL Router or Cable Router.

Looking at the specs, it is a router... it's just an Ethernet-->Ethernet
router, so you're quite right in that an ADSL/Cable router or modem
would need to purchased in order to connect to a WAN... of course, that
is unless you're trying to connect two Ethernet LANs together. :D

> I would have thought any standard ADSL/Cable router with an ethernet  
> connection would work.  I bet though it's an expensive piece of
> kit. Do you actually have a Mac running OS X Leopard?  If not then
> you might find a simple network attached external hard drive plugged
> into a wireless router would be a cheaper and more versatile.

Agreed.  NSLU2 anyone?

Grant.

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