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Post #5 by SSharon
Source ForumMacNN
CategoryNetworking
Post DateMon, 4 Jul 2005 - 13:30
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050728073946/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=262018
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Originally Posted by lpetschauer
Were the machines plugged into surge protectors? If so, check out what (if any) warranty coverage you have from the protector manufacturer.

Failing that, the cheapest thing to do would probably be to get wireless USB dongles (or AirPort cards) and set up a wireless network rather than replacing the MB "just" to fix the dead ethernet ports.


Agreed, this will be your best option unless you need really fast transfer speeds between computers. Even if you do consider using target disk mode between the macs or buying an external usb2/firewire drive to share among the 3 computers.
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