[aclug-L] Re: router for Windows LAN

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 01:55:19AM -0600, glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On  7 Jan, Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > Linux on a 486 with 8mb RAM, and an 80mb or larger HD running Debian will do
> > the trick perfectly.
> 
> i'm sure the computer meets those needs...  except i'll have to use Red
> Hat 5.1 instead, because that's the latest version i have, and i don't
> want to have to waste their online time (if it's not unlimited)
> installing debian via inet...

Heh... Just be sure to disable any unneeded daemons (comment things out of
/etc/inetd.conf, etc).  With older versions of RedHat, you want to be very
sure not to leave any open security holes.


> > If you have previous Samba experience, it may go fairly smoothly.
> 
> "may" is the operative word!  : ^ )
> 
> ok, dumb question, but as far as the internet part goes...  what the
> hell am i doing???  is it a router?  gateway?  proxy?  big paper

The most correct term is probably "gateway."  It also serves as a proxy, in
a manner of speaking, and technically, it also does routing, therefore is a
router, although "router" usually refers to something that does more "heavy
duty" routing (such as one or more T1s).


> weight?  i'm getting thrown in a little deeper than i expected, but i'm
> fighting to keep my head above water, because this client would really
> help my future career in computers (plus the experience is GREAT!!!)...
>  and the paycheck never hurts!

Force-fed crash courses are the best aren't, they?  :-)


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