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From: Mike Rosenberg on 7 Feb 2010 10:16 AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > Sorry, I didn't follow the earlier parts of this thread; but I hope that > someone pointed out that once you have two Mini's installed, adding an > Airport Base Station will be a very low-cost way to provide WiFi and > thus Internet access to those patrons who may want to bring their own > laptops to the library. If all one wants to do is provide WiFi, an Airport Base Station is actually a relatively high cost means to that end. For the $179 it costs, you can buy at least four basic routers from other companies. No USB port, no ability to stream iTunes, etc., but if those features aren't needed, why pay for them? Other routers are usually more easily configured, from a web interface. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Jolly Roger on 7 Feb 2010 11:33 In article <1jdi52x.1077xms1e47jz0N%kmorgan(a)spamcop.net>, kmorgan(a)spamcop.net (Kathy Morgan) wrote: > Kathy Morgan <kmorgan(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > > > I want to set up a Mac running Snow Leopard with two accounts that can > > use any installed applications and create documents but that lose all > > created documents once the account logs out. They should not be able to > > install any applications/executables. One of the accounts should not > > have access to the Internet. [...] > > > > I live in a very small town and our local library has one patron computer. > > [...] We will soon be replacing the computer. > > I just want to thank everyone here that helped me figure out how to > accomplish what I need. As a result I've not only talked the library > into getting a Mac as a replacement for the old Windows PC, we're going > to replace it with *two* Mac Mini's and double our patrons' access. :-) So for those of us who missed it, what solution did you end up deciding to use?? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Kathy Morgan on 7 Feb 2010 13:40 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Kathy Morgan wrote: > > > I just want to thank everyone here that helped me figure out how to > > accomplish what I need. As a result I've not only talked the library > > into getting a Mac as a replacement for the old Windows PC, we're going > > to replace it with *two* Mac Mini's and double our patrons' access. :-) > > > So one will be "guest" for kids, and one will be "guest" for adults ? No, that would be too easy! Most of users are adults, and with only one computer in the past we often had adults waiting for up to two or three hours for their turn. I'll set both of them up with "guest" for the adults and a managed standard account for the kids. They'll share the Internet connection over the built-in wifi. Do you happen to have a guestimate as to how far apart the two computers can be and still share that connection? -- Kathy
From: Kathy Morgan on 7 Feb 2010 13:40 AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > Sorry, I didn't follow the earlier parts of this thread; but I hope that > someone pointed out that once you have two Mini's installed, adding an > Airport Base Station will be a very low-cost way to provide WiFi and > thus Internet access to those patrons who may want to bring their own > laptops to the library. I wasn't planning to do that, but it's a good suggestion. I was just going to share the Internet connection between the two Mini's, but maybe I should get an Airport Base Station. Looking at the Apple store, it looks like there are a couple of choices: Airport Extreme Base or Airport Express. The Express is smaller (good in our cramped space) and cheaper - what is the down side when compared to the Extreme? -- Kathy
From: Kathy Morgan on 7 Feb 2010 13:40
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <1jdi52x.1077xms1e47jz0N%kmorgan(a)spamcop.net>, > kmorgan(a)spamcop.net (Kathy Morgan) wrote: > > > I just want to thank everyone here that helped me figure out how to > > accomplish what I need. As a result I've not only talked the library > > into getting a Mac as a replacement for the old Windows PC, we're going > > to replace it with *two* Mac Mini's and double our patrons' access. :-) > > So for those of us who missed it, what solution did you end up deciding > to use?? I'm going to use a combination of the suggested solutions. I'll have adults use the Guest account, and use Kir�ly's directions to block them from adding items to /Users/Shared and user Child's drop boxes. Between WorkGroup Manager and the System Preferences I should be able to block children from accessing inappropriate sites. An AppleScript and/or Automater script should be able on login to remove anything a child has saved to the hard drive using the managed Child account. -- Kathy |