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Looking for a Internet Server

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macosx1058

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I was looking for a Internet Server Mac one in which i can use soley for Internet Sharing.

Will a PowerMac G4 Cube be the best for this task? I dont need anything fancy just a PCI Wireless AirPort. Can the Cube take full-height PCI cards?
 
The Cube cannot take PCI cards of any kind. It can take the Airport B card and 99.9% of them have 100Mbit Ethernet. A very rare few have 1Gbit Ethernet. If the PCI card is a must, any PowerMac G4 would work fine. Even the non-late PowerMac G5 would work as would the PowerMac G3.
 
Intell said:
The Cube cannot take PCI cards of any kind. It can take the Airport B card and 99.9% of them have 100Mbit Ethernet. A very rare few have 1Gbit Ethernet. If the PCI card is a must, any PowerMac G4 would work fine. Even the non-late PowerMac G5 would work as would the PowerMac G3.
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i wanted something like the Cube for its size i want something that is no bigger than a VCR so i can put it on the TV stand i was thinking a PowerMac G3 Desktop but all i can find are the B&Ws
 
If you're wanting something about that size with a PCI slot, the G3 desktop is likely your best option. Just note that you'll only be able to run up to Tiger on it unless it has a hard to find G4 upgrade. And even then Leopard will be very slow and buggy on it. You could always look for a pre-G3 Power Macintosh and put a G3/G4 upgrade in it. Some like the 8600 or 9600 look just like the G3 minitower, but they can get loud.
 
Intell said:
If you're wanting something about that size with a PCI slot, the G3 desktop is likely your best option. Just note that you'll only be able to run up to Tiger on it unless it has a hard to find G4 upgrade. And even then Leopard will be very slow and buggy on it. You could always look for a pre-G3 Power Macintosh and put a G3/G4 upgrade in it. Some like the 8600 or 9600 look just like the G3 minitower, but they can get loud.
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i have a Tiger OS DVD so that will work fine. Is internet sharing setup the same on Tiger as it is on Leopard?

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i did find a Power Mac G4 400MHz Gigabit Ethernet missing PSU looks like standard ATX i got plenty ATX PSUs will that work?
 
Yes. Gigabit Ethernet G4's do not take a standard ATX power supply. But one can be modified to fit into one. There is an wonderful article about the subject that can be found via Google.
 
Intell said:
Yes. Gigabit Ethernet G4's do not take a standard ATX power supply. But one can be modified to fit into one. There is an wonderful article about the subject that can be found via Google.
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looks like standard size ATX PSU with the same mounts. Also read a G# B&W takes a normal ATX PSU. This is the Sawtooth G4 looks exactly like a B&W will a B&W PSU work in a Sawtooth?
 
The B&W G3, Sawtooth, and the Gigabit Ethernet G4 all have a different power supply. None of them are drop in compatible with an ATX power supply.
 
No. I believe only a Gigabit Ethernet will work in a Gigabit Ethernet G4. The only other one that may work is the Digital Audio one, but I don't think it's compatible.
 
Intell said:
No. I believe only a Gigabit Ethernet will work in a Gigabit Ethernet G4. The only other one that may work is the Digital Audio one, but I don't think it's compatible.
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only Desktop i can find is a Power Computing Powercenter Pro 210 G3 upgraded has OS 9.2 installed can this run OS X? can anyone tell me any info about this clone?
 
If it has a G3, it can very likely run 10.3 or 10.4 without a problem. Check out XPostFactor's website for more information about that.

How are you going to be doing the internet sharing?
 
Intell said:
If it has a G3, it can very likely run 10.3 or 10.4 without a problem. Check out XPostFactor's website for more information about that.

How are you going to be doing the internet sharing?
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I will but sharing it via Wifi i will install a PCI AirPort Extreme card and hook the modem up via eathernet and share it over the AirPort
 
A G4 Cube would work for that with the Airport B card or even an iBook or Powerbook. Sharing via Airport limits the network encryption to WEP and most ad-hoc networks (which is what the Airport internet sharing is) and devices connecting to an ad-hoc network only operate in B mode.
 
ok cool thanks. This is just a possible project no idea when or if it will happen but thanks for the info
 
macosx1058 said:
I was looking for a Internet Server Mac one in which i can use soley for Internet Sharing.
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Hiya,

I used to have a G3 iBook doing exactly that.
The machine in question was a Late 2001 (this one: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_500_late_2001.html), which I had beefed up with a bigger HD (120 gigs).
It ran from 2009 to february of 2012 with an uptime of 99,99%.

I had it in clamshell mode (circumvented the sensor with a piece of metal), with two wires running into it (power and LAN), up the backside of a bookshelf. The machine itself was among some books and no-one saw it for what it was.

If the only thing you want to serve are light websites (and maybe printers), I can recommend this approach.

RGDS,
Pekka
 
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