[ale] About that firewall machine [Was]Re: [ale] unidentified processes

[John Wells]

Yeah...that's a bit out of my price range.  Am I
making much ado about nothing here?  Anyone have any
idea how running a laptop solely as a router 24/7
would compare to, say, leaving a lamp on round the
clock?

I've disconnected the laptops monitor, so there's some
power savings right there.  

John


--- Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 December 2001 08:51 am, you wrote:
> > John Wells wrote:
> > > I'm interested in power consumption as well. 
> I've
> > > finally got my laptop router working well, but I
> > > really hate to leave it on 'round the clock if
> I'm
> > > throwing money out the window.
> > >
> > > I'm assuming Radio Shack would be the place to
> find a
> > > meter like this?
> >
> > Yeah, but I've not seen a cheap amp meter. 
> Standard vom meters you can
> > get for $10 at radio shack don't usually handle
> large currents ac
> > currents.  I've not priced them in a while, but
> last time I checked,
> > they run > $100.
> 
> Last time I was in a Radio Shack, they had the
> 'clamp-on' style ammeter 
> for about $70, I think. OTOH, that $70 would
> probably buy a year's worth 
> of electricity for your computer (unless you're in
> California).
> 
> If you're really concerned with saving electricity,
> John, turn off the 
> refrigerator!
> 
> Regards,
> Irv
> 
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