new mac mini home network

jah


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medium 1000T speeds, low power, mail service, vpn, music server

Drobo 5bay FS + WD 5400rpm 2Tdrives
//not the fastest nas box but has 7.5T raid5

BroadBand FireWall/ Router Buffalo wzr-hp-g300nh + dd_wrt firmware
//just got it in, intend to disable the rf and use the mini built in airport

still need to buy:
mac mini snow leopard server box and
8gig memory
inexpensive newegg led monitor 20"
keyboard, air superdrive
3rd party mail server software
backup application, SuperDuper but would like a nas based app
music server???
anything else good?
 
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1.8 GHz i7 MBA 11" OSX 10.8.2
//just got it in, intend to disable the rf and use the mini built in airport
Do you mean you want your Mac Mini to serve as the WiFi access point? I would advise against this as it would be an adhoc network and only WEP protected.
 

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