i fried the hard drive. seriously. it blows. i was in the middle of unplugging the drive from the tower and, i have no idea how, but the wires came out of the power plug. while…

Quote: Originally Posted by hhlee this is entirely true. just thought i'd point it out - i guess if you decide to buy a rackmount server, you should choose something other than …

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Oh, please. That test is very questionable (is it testing OS X or the G5 chip or something else entirely?), and the Mac is still fast enough …

Quote: Originally Posted by hhlee not to rain on your parade but if it were up to me, i wouldn't use the mac as a server: http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p…

Quote: Originally Posted by hhlee not to rain on your parade but if it were up to me, i wouldn't use the mac as a server: http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p…

not to rain on your parade but if it were up to me, i wouldn't use the mac as a server: http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p=8 the mac is quite slow in mysql an…

This page seems to have the info on how to set up the port forwarding on the D-Link router. The issue I see is the fact that each ISP caches DNS information. This means that when…

wikipedia, good suggestion.

Quote: Originally Posted by jersey My next question is: why do all 3 computers connected to my network have the same external ip address? wont this simply confuse things? an…

My next question is: why do all 3 computers connected to my network have the same external ip address? wont this simply confuse things? and can anyone point to a good, thorough…

Yes, the IP address that's visible to the world (the 67.85.x.x one) is the one you should use in your DNS record. If you have more than one computer, you'll want to assign the serv…

Quote: Originally Posted by genevish Does your home computer have a static IP address? If so, you just need to put that IP address in your DNS record for these URL's. If you d…

Does your home computer have a static IP address? If so, you just need to put that IP address in your DNS record for these URL's. If you don't have a static IP address, you need …

hello all, sorry to resurrect this thread but i seem to be a bit confused. i set up a sever at home, and using dns via my domain account features pointed it to my server. how …

You might want to get some third party insurance than, like Safeware. They offer insurnace with no deductable.

Thanks for all the help. I am going to pickup a couple of Apple Airport Extreme Cards and the Hub this afternoon and install them. The folks at the Apple Store was trying to se…

File an insurance claim.

You can get wired USB adaptors, which is what I would suggest if you have USB2.0.

Check with your home insurance company. They may cover you or not. Get airport cards-not USB cards and a router. sam

Quote: 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 manufacture…

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…

Even if you do have AppleCare, it won't cover that kind of damage. You'd need insurance (such as www.safeware.com, which covers lightning, i think) to cover damage like that.

It's part of the motherboard, so unless your machine is covered under AppleCare, be prepared to spend a lot of money for a motherboard replacement.

We have a 1 GHZ eMac with a 80 Gig HD and 768 Memory and a Superdrive. Our house was hit by lightning on Thursday and it took out the DSL modem and appears to have taken out the e…

Sorry, but that Unix stuff is way beyond me.