


Nobody is going to deny positive sides to this solution (mostly its price, good configurability and functionality), but I don't possess a necessary level of expertise in *NIX-like OS. The most popular inexpensive solution for small companies in ex-USSR countries (as far as I know) is "some Pentium MMX" + Linux or FreeBSD. Ideally - sort of a local server (but preferably not requiring a stand-alone computer). In short, I'd like something like a router. Besides, it just means "sharing" proper, while all the other features are configured on each computer separately, each in its own way. Of course, Windows offers Internet Connection Sharing. Besides, I may have more than one computer at home in future. My friends sometimes come with their own notebooks. I sometimes want to read news on my handheld, comfortably sitting on a sofa. It all started a couple of months ago, when I got access to Home Ethernet and faced the problem of sharing it between several computers simultaneously.
