on 5/2/02 9:57 PM, the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey Kai :) How's the Great White North? Been a bit chilly here lately... Yup chilly here too just wait keep that air conditioner June July are gonna be here soon watch out >> I am looking for firewall (free?) for my iMac but also to install in the >> more senior members of the family - Classic and 575 that can still go >> online. >> A very quick search of LEM did not give a result yet. > I think IPNetRouter has some firewall features. Good - thank you for the tip - will take a look shortly!
> Your best bet $-wise would be to set up something like a IIci with twin > Ethernet cards and a *nix of some sort (NetBSD comes to mind), but that's a > lot of trouble. > Option #3, definitely the easiest, is to get a broadband router that has a > serial port for modem backup and use that. (That way it's still useful > even if you're on dialup, and it uses a LOT less electricity than keeping a > computer on all the time.) Avoid Linksys if you do this. These are excellent ideas. I will fwd them to my Mac technician pal who shd be up here soon. if i try to do this myself at home I will get into difficulties :) like with tcp/ip in OS 8.1... hehe Meanwhile I only use one machine at a time :) How was your teip to Canada? kai -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
