Should I count the people that use my wide-open 802.11 router?

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Looks like we are a bit above the average (so far) at my house with nine devices. Two laptops (soon to be three), three desktop computers (might become two once the third laptop arrives unless I decide I want a Windows XP machine to play around with), a Palm TX, a Xbox 360, a Xbox, and a Playstation 2. The laptops, the Palm, and one of the desktops are wireless while everything else is wired.

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MB, iBook, iMac (old Bondi 400mhz for the kids), Printer, AirPort, AirPortExpress, and TiVo.

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This poll just appeared in the RSS feed, yet, when I got here it was closed... The post date is only a couple of hours ago...

Anyway, I've got 6: 3 Macs (ibook, mini, macpro), wife's Inspiron, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii.

Probably doesn't count, but the Macpro regularly hosts (via Parallels) the following virtual PCs: XP, Win2k, Solaris 10, Ubuntu Linux, and very occasionally, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 :-)


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change the link to &aid=0 instead of -1

I put 6, but i forgot about the DS wifi....bah. Did count the wii, though

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I fixed the link in the RSS; it should be good to go now.

-rob.

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Never occurred to count them.
So let's see ...
6 Mac laptops
1 Windows laptop
4-5 Mac desktops
1 Newton
2 Nintendo DS Lites
Probably around 6-10 mobile phones which would be network capable
1 AirMac Extreme
1 Airport Express
1 Linksys wireless router
and I probably forgot something...

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There's just my Mac and the router on my network; or does the router count too, so that makes two?

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No, that just means you don't really have a "network" per se... Though you have networking equipment. :-)


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I didn't think my network was that big, but I've got...

1 Dedicated firewall
3 Mac Desktops
1 Mac Laptop
3 PC Desktops
2 PC Laptops
1 Airport
1 VOIP adapter
1 File Server
1 MythTV Server
4 MythTV Frontends

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1.) Intel E6400 Gentoo Linux Server (sendmail/uw-imap, apache/php, mysql, nfs exports of home dirs, etc.) via GigE.

2.) Apple Dual G5 as family main workstation. All home dirs remote mounted, local installed apps. GigE as well.

3.) VIA-EPIA/Gentoo based carputer connected via WiFi in the workshop when car is home.

4.) VIA-EPIA/Gentoo based carputer connected via WiFi in the workshop when car is home.

5.) Retro P4 based Gentoo/Linux beige box server acting as dev box for carputers and "offsite" backup storage (rsync) for host #1 above. GigE attached. This host also works as a workstation in the worshop for accessing the vehicle field service manuals and for doing Internet based research on vehicle related issues (I'm a "car guy" with custom projects).

The workshop is ~40' away from the house so it solves the whole off-site issue for my backups.

I expect that an AppleTV and a Mac workstation for my oldest son is on the horizon.


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1) PowerMac (2002 Quicksilver)
2) Black MacBook
3) Tangerine iMac DV
4) Classic II (attached via SCSI > Ethernet adapter)
5) Linksys router
6) Linksys switch (in another room)
7) Encore 10BaseT hub (the Classic II is attached to this, since no auto sensing hub/switch can work with its ethernet adapter)
8) Neighbor's Windows PC (authorized, not leeching)


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Ok...

1) Fios Router (yeah!)
2) Airport base station linked to my...
3) Blue and White G3
4) PB 12" (mine)
5) PB 12" (wife's)
6) Airport Express running AirTunes to my stereo
7) Another Airport Express for our photo printer

I left off my work laptop, since (a) it's a Dull, and (b) the stupid wireless radio in it keeps dropping me off the network.

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D'oh...was too busy counting the computers, that I forgot the networking equipment. :)

Two Power Macs, a MacBook, a PowerBook, two PC desktops, a PC laptop, a MythTV box, three switches, and two routers.

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I voted 10, but forgot about the Wii. That makes it eleven!

Five computer science undergrads living in a house.
-Titanium 800mhz, Aluminum 1.5ghz
-Dell laptop, custom desktop
-MacBook Pro
-Dell laptop
-Dell laptop, Last-rev Aluminum, custom desktop, girlfriend's MacBook Pro
-Custom Linux server
-Wii!

I didn't count the two WRT54Gs (running dd-wrt firmware), that's infrastructure.

I'm surprised, listing it now, how many Dells we have! They nearly tie the Macs.

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In the order from my ISP connection:
1 wired 4-port linksys router
1 main G4 Mac
1 network HP printer
1 PS2
1 wireless 4-port linksys router
1 main pc
1 mac server
1 vonage

I've got 2 empty ports left, one on the linksys and one on the vonage. No wireless computers yet, but that's bound to change sometime in the future.


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not counting the pair of Apple IIGS machines on local talk.

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2 x Apple Powerbooks
2 x Windows Desktops
1 x xBox360
1 x Nintendo Wii
1 x Airport Express
1 x Linksys DSL Modem
1 x GigaBit 5-Port Switch
1 x HTC Apache (PPC6600) PDA/Phone
2 x Sony PSPs
1 x ERS-210 AIBO Sony Robot Dog
1 x ERS-220A AIBO Sony Robot Dog

Total: 14. All networked, either wired or wireless.

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I forgot the old PC that is currently "off-line" but that I'm rebuilding as a NAS (using FreeNAS http://www.freenas.org/ )



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We have a PB 12", a PB 15", and a PowerMac G4 on our network pretty much full time, with a PB 12" and iBook G3 12" that like to visit on occasion.

Plus whoever manages to sniff our open but non-broadcasting network.

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Goin' around the house -

1. Xbox in upstairs boy's room,

2. Print server w/Laserjet in master bedroom

3. Wii in living room

4. TiVo in living room

5. iBook

6. Toshiba laptop

7. Dual G4 in dining room

8. whatever visiting laptop happens to be here at any time

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2. Print server w/Laserjet in master bedroom

Sounds romantic :-)

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1)MBP*
2)Intel iMac*
3)Sawtooth G4
4)Beige G3 Minitower #1
5)Beige G3 Minitower #2
6)Newton 2100
7)HP 2100 Laser Printer
8)HP Windows Boxen
9)Medion Windows Boxen
10)Homebuilt Windows Boxen
11)PB 190cs
12)PB Duo 270c
13)SE/30 #1
14)SE/30 #2
15)Managed Switch
16)Autosensing Switch
17)Airport Extreme
18)Cube*
19)030 NeXT Pizza Box

*=Machine connected by wifi

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I didn't know that. My vote was 7, but with routers included, I have 9.

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TW Cable Modem
Linksys RVS400 (4 Port 10/100/1000)
Dell PowerConnect 24 Port Managed Switch (10/100/1000)
Airport Extreme
Airport Express WDS (Living Room)
Airport Express WDS (Basement)
Airport Express WDS (Neighbors Next Door)
iMac Core2Duo (Wired Gig 10/100/1000)
PowerMac G4 (Wired Gig 10/100/1000)
MacBook CoreDuo (Wireless)
Mac mini G4 (Wired through Airport Express @ Neighbors)
Dell Optiplex Linux Server (Wired 10/100/100)
Synology NAS (Wired 10/100/1000)
HP LaserJet 2600N Color (Wired 10/100)
Linksys Network Camera (Wired 10/100)
Linksys NAS (Wired 10/100)

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With 7 full time people and 2 part time people in the house, we've collected quite a few...

1 MBP
1 Mini
2 Custom PCs
4 HP Laptops
1 Toshiba Laptop
1 Dell Laptop
2 Dell Desktops
2 Wiis
2 DSs
1 Xbox
1 PS2
1 PSP

1 Linksys Cable Modem
1 Linksys WRT54G
1 D-Link switch

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Curious: looks to be Poisson distribution with a mean (lambda) of about 4.


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OK, now please post your address and your work schedule. ;)

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1) Wifi router
2) 10base-t hub
3) P4 slackware&windose server/workstation
4) blue & white G3
5) blue iMac g3
6) iBook G4
7) naff looking PIII laptop
8) girlfreinds mini mac
9) via-epia MII(in Mac SE case)
10) old skool P1 (vnc viewer)
didn't realise how meny i had... weird. :-)

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