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Date:	Tue, 4 Sep 2001 14:03:37 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: SMC firewall CompUSA sale

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The SMC firewall, the good one with a printer port (model 7004, not the
7003) is on sale at CompUSA this week for $49.99. I bought one
yesterday after several people recently recommended it. It connects to
your DSL/cable and, according to the docs (I think), your dial-up modem,
and it has four ports plus a printer port. (If you have DSL/cable then
one of the ports connects to the DSL/cable modem.) I think.

CompUSA is selling the 7004BR while the SMC web site only shows a
7004ABR. I called SMC tech support and was told they are virtually
identical: there's a slight firmware difference, the ABR is newer and
made by a different subcontractor, and that the older BR is slightly
more stable as far as the print server was concerned.

I'm told the SMC is better than the LinkSys because the LinkSys isn't
always compatible with OS/2 browsers so you have to set it up through
Windows, and the SMC has a printer port which lets you share a printer
and *also* frees up the printer IRQ if you're short on IRQs (which I
am). (Printers can also run in "polled" mode which doesn't require an
IRQ but does make your machine quite busy.)

The SMC deal is advertised in the CompUSA color insert in last Sunday's
paper. They give you an "instant store rebate" and there's a mail-in
rebate coupon from SMC for $50, so the price is reduced to $49.99. The
price is good only this week (purchases through Sat. Aug. 8).

The SMC rebate coupon is at the CompUSA "rebate counter". Don't forget
to pick it up. You have to send it in right away.

http://www.smc.com/smc/common/prodPreview.cfm?prod_code=SMC7004ABR

I'm not affiliated with CompUSA or SMC.

- Peter

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