I know nothing about configuring a Router, and a friend is telling me to zip over to EBay and look for a used 2514 cheap, and buy it, and learn at home.
1) Is this a viable learning tool ? (read: a good idea ?)
2) What is 'Cheap' ?
3) There are so many of them out there, with different options, what does one NEED
in a Router, options-wise, versus what is out there ? Some have a lot of Memory,
some don't, Software ?
For background, I have a server at home with Windows 2000 Server on it, 4 workstations, and just a cheap Linksys 4-port switch. I do not go out to the Internet
from my network. Local traffic on my network is NIL.
And I am also building a Linux 7.2 Server, and also will play with Apache..........
Someday, I will have a Cable modem, or cable router, or something like that, so each individual WS can get to the Internet. Do something - learn something - It isn't going to fix itself.
1) Is this a viable learning tool ? (read: a good idea ?)
2) What is 'Cheap' ?
3) There are so many of them out there, with different options, what does one NEED
in a Router, options-wise, versus what is out there ? Some have a lot of Memory,
some don't, Software ?
For background, I have a server at home with Windows 2000 Server on it, 4 workstations, and just a cheap Linksys 4-port switch. I do not go out to the Internet
from my network. Local traffic on my network is NIL.
And I am also building a Linux 7.2 Server, and also will play with Apache..........
Someday, I will have a Cable modem, or cable router, or something like that, so each individual WS can get to the Internet. Do something - learn something - It isn't going to fix itself.
