From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 4 22:44:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from robin.mail.pas.earthlink.net (robin.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2549037B407 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:44:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moo.holy.cow (sdn-ar-007dcwashP242.dialsprint.net [63.178.90.132]) by robin.mail.pas.earthlink.net (8.11.5/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f955iF924166 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:44:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6D7B850BAA; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 01:45:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 01:45:05 -0400 From: parv To: f-q Subject: which modem router to get: 3com 3c886 or netgear rm356? Message-ID: <20011005014505.A46578@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: f-q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i think this is not the most appropriate list, but i will ask anyway. let me know if there is a better list to post this query. does anybody have any opinions about 3com 3c886 (officeConnect 56k lan modem router), or netgear rm356 (modem router), or any other modem routers? all i want is to be able to use one dial up connection simultaneously from more than one computer. both seem to have save cost if new; on ebay rm356 units are netgear refurbished and one used 3c886. here are official descriptions of the two: rm356: http://www.netgear.com/product_view.asp?xrp=4&yrp=10&zrp=33 3c886: http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3C886A-US -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message