Alexandria&Ethernet

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Hi!
My school district is considering switching our automation program to
Alexandria.  As we do that we would like to switch from Appletalk to
Ethernet.  What advice can you provide me with?  I currently have 6
Macintoshs as part of my library network, and am looking for a cost
effective way to switch them to Ethernet.  What success have people had
by wiring them together in a straight line? Or is is better to use a hub?
 Has anyone put them on a straight line and then incorporated their
machines into a building wide network?  I need to make wise decisions but
am receiving a great deal of conflicting advice about the ways to solve
the problem.  Also I would appreciate positive and negative comments
about Alexandria from the people who are actively using the program?  It
appears to have some excellent features but then I don't use it daily.
Thanks so much!
Debby Walters - Viking Middle School, Woodville, WI

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Debby Walters
Teacher K-12 at Viking Middle School,  Baldwin-Woodville  Woodville, WI