Re: [aclug-L] Linux Network

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would suggest UTP(10baseT) networking; hubs are so cheap these days
that it makes the most sense.  Dealing with the thinnet/coax is always 
annoying, and you'll save yourself some sanity with the 10baseT.
Also, if you get 100Mb Ethernet cards, you  can go to 100Mb in the future.

As far as network cards are concerned, for the 10Mb Ethernet, NE2000
cards are a popular choice, and for 100Mb Ethernet, Tulip cards are a
good choice.

-- John

Sanjay Dhar <sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm planning to set up a small LAN using RH 6.0 running on a Pentium 333
> Mhz with 128 MB RAM to be configured as a server. Right now I plan to have
> a couple of X-terminals connected to my server which may be later on
> expanded to a maximum of 10. This is going to be a private network for now
> i.e. it will not be connected to the Internet. This network will mainly be
> used for running common Linux applications like gcc, perl, shell
> programming, playing some games and doing a little bit of database
> programming. So the server will not be handling a lot of load. I right now
> just have my Pentium box. Could somebody help me out with the rest of the
> other hardware that I need to acquire to set up an ethernet. I'm also
> unable to decide whether to use thinnet or RJ-45(UTP) for my network. I'm
> also unsure about whether to choose between static or dynamic IP
> addressing. I would greatly appreciate any comments/suggestions. Any
> pointers to web sites telling me how to build a Linux network (from
> scratch) would be of great help.
> 
> TIA
> --
> Sanjay
> 
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