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MrCodeDude

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I went to pick up my sister from school today and I saw my old Computer Teacher. He always has stuff he gets from companies and I was looking at some old Intel 8 port router and he said if I wanted to take something, I should take this.

Can I put this to any use? It looks like it still works.
-- mrcodedude
 
Bignate603

Bignate603

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Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
Looks like a router/hub of some sort. Notice that it's 240v equipment. Odd.
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240v? That looks like a standard power cable like on the back of a computer to me...
 
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loup garou

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Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
Looks like a router/hub of some sort. Notice that it's 240v equipment. Odd.
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240v? That looks like a standard power cable like on the back of a computer to me...
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"Input power AC 220-250V 50-60Hz 0.9A" :)

I'd say plug it in and hook up some pcs to it to see what you can do. If you could use it as a router, it's probably not a gateway first of all, and on top of that DEFINITELY doesn't have the nice web interface a $30 router from Best Buy will.
 
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spidey07

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looks like a 3com hub/switch.

-edit- DOH, that's right cabletron had the mmac series. Good stuff back in the day.
 
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That looks to me like a hub for a training room or a classroom where a teacher can take control of a computer by pressing a button.

I don't really know exactly how they work, but I'm betting that it's virtually useless without some software to configure it.

Probably ran a couple G's EASILY when it was bought. Cool toy if you can get it working.
 
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spidey07

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if its token ring then its practically worthless.

LOL - we just threw out a few million dollars worth of token ring gear. Bay networks BCN and BLN routers, about 23 Bay 5000 hubs loaded with FDDI and Token ring.
 
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Encryptic

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Damn, that's one big router. I'd suggest you try hooking it up, but like somebody else said, you probably won't be able to do anything without a browser interface or a manual, even.
 
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spidey07

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you can attach to the serial port and do configuration from there.

But without a token ring NIC you no talkie-talkie.

-edit- it does however have two ethernet ports on it.
 
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Encryptic

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Originally posted by: Bootprint
Mount it somewhere in the car.

Computer Nerd Ricing...
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Computer nerd ricing would be if he put a big "Powered By T1" sticker on it. :D
 
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MrCodeDude

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It wasn't bought by the teacher. He gets grants from tons of companies and gets a lot of stuff. Useless or not.
-- mrcodedude
 
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