** Reply to message from Flash <flash@xxxxxxxxx> on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:44:03 +0100 > I can just about get by with 4 computers, a router and a switch (no > wireless, for security reasons), on, under, and near my desks. Enumeration here is a challenge. Suffice to say, the purr of many little fans in this room. Next door, same. Wireless, yes -- but on a separate WAN IP of its own and a big AES encryption hash (as you say, for security reasons). Personally, I loath wireless. Incessant lost packets, no matter what. But many visitors just expect it, so... (The only good wireless device is a mobile phone. Great for tethering [acting as a near-broadband access point and forwarding the Internet] to your laptop when you travel.) Practically speaking, I actually work on three of the boxes; the rest mainly serve or do SQL for servers. Another is tracing, profiling, and debugging. One does rsync backups with remote servers in Texas. Two are poised to swap if anything breaks. Two are garbage (and in fact, now is the time... gone! Bye bye Tiger 10.4 and Debian). Maintaining this stuff is a nuisance. But most just run, hands-off, during long absences. ----------------------------- Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------