21 Mar
2000
21 Mar
'00
6:22 a.m.
I finally tracked down a source of upgrades for my
Apple Network Server 500.
It will shortly be upgraded to 80MB RAM, and I'm mulling over buying a new
processor card for it ($200! cough). MacWorks has some stuff in stock. So,
with this buff discontinued box, I'm thinking of getting it a DSL line to
boot.
But I can't find a straight answer if all DSL services give you a static IP
address or not. Do they? And should most of them work with AIX 4.1.4? I would
think so, since it's just a DSL router and the ANS500 plugs into that like
any other network.
No to both, some give static, most want to give you dynamic, but it depends
entirely on who the provider is. Some have software that only runs on
fairly recent OS releases, so you would have to setup and run admin type
stuff on a newer machine.
What "is" a network server 500, and what is the upgrade (very unlikely to
be worth $200)?