In response to our earlier inquiry on this thread, Bob Wright  shared
some of the particulars of his home network with a suggestion that the Wingate
software application was critical to allowing simultaneous workstation sharing
both of the communication device and of the ISP account over an intranet.  A
review of the Wingate website might confirm that this aspect of his response
was eminently correct.
     This leave the hardware issues unaddressed.  Absent a legacy equipment
burde, in specifying telephone intranet connectivity hardware to an ISP or
just to POTS, what factors might prompt one to prefer among the following
standard combinations:
1)    a hub & router combination
2)    a hub & ISDN terminal adapter insta-LAN connection
3)    an integrated hub/ISDN T/A connection device
4)    a hub & high-speed analog modem, or
5)    some combination from the group.
      Both initial and operating expenses must be a factor balanced against
speed, bandwidth and access considerations.  Obviously, initial capital cost
argue against a 10/100 kbs sensing hub and router combination.  Mr. Wright has
suggested that exaggeratedly high digital telephone service charges have
influenced his analog configuration.  It might be that multiple ISP account
and POTS charges have persuaded him against a bound analog modem
configuration.  I'm, informed that some ISP's increase service rates for ISDN
T/A access even when intermittent and that they charge substantially more yet
for uninterrupted digital router access.
     There are probably characteristics of the hardware that enter into the
selection.
     In selecting intranet connectivity hardware, just what factors and
choices have listmembers made and do they continue to believe them correct?
Tommy Holmes, Jr.
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