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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. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html