So, as I wrote earlier, I had a SmoothWall setup that worked great, but was too big, and too loud. I sold my Motorola Q9 phone on eBay, and decided to pick up the D-Link Extreme N router I had been thinking about.
It's much quieter.. It only has 4 ports, but they're 10/100/1000 speed. I don't have a separate power plug being used for a wireless access point, and a computer, and a hub, so that's good.
Peculiarly, it has a USB port. I don't think it's for storage, or a print server... because that would be too bad-ass, and that kind of stuff never happens to me. I did keep my print server hooked up to it. I know D-Link makes one, and it looks good, and has a print server built in.
I'll probably build some sort of network backup storage device instead, and then go through the exercise I just went through, where I decide that "rolling my own" device isn't worth the hassle and just buy a device that holds a couple of drives. I have two 200 GB SATA hard drives that would work great in something like what D-Link makes. And of course, then I'd satisfy my brand matching requirement, because I'm anal-retentive that way.
So, anyone need a wireless-b access point/reepater/adapter? I've got a *matching* wireless-b PCI card too. Might be time to eBay them. I could use some extra cash to pay the horrendous fees from selling my stuff.
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