Home Network

2000-03-20 Thread Michael P. Griffin
Good Morning, I am looking for information to network my new home that is currently under construction. Originally I was going to set up a Novell NetWare Server but think I want to expand my knowledge and try Linux. My goal is to have a network connection in each room, initially1 NT4 box

Re: Linux as both client and server

2000-03-20 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Hi Allen, Let me see what I can get for volunteers for you. We must have a couiple of guys willing and able to assist you. Good choice and I know with patience you will be rewarded with your choice of O/S's. Just for edification. Where is Fall Mountain Regional High School relative to

Re: Home Network

2000-03-20 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Hi, Can anyone direct me to a newsgroup, usergroup, website, books or offer any ideas. Do you have problems setting up your home network (hardware/software part)? If DNS/DHCP/fileservice/etc. is (should be) running on linux, we can help you, just try to ask more specific questions. Concerning

Re: Linux as both client and server

2000-03-20 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 09:50 AM 3/20/2000 , you wrote: i am a fall mountain grad and live 20 min from the school. i graduated last year and went to Springfield tech center. I'd be more than will to assist in any way that i can. ~kurth Hi Allen, Let me see what I can get for volunteers for you. We must have

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2000-03-20 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:31:13 EST Lori Hitchcock said: Hi Everyone, I'm looking for an Informix DBA with some unix admin exp. for a company in Central Connecticut. Does anyone know of a Linux user group in CT? Have you checked SSC's site? They have a LUG locator. -- Seeya,

Financial aspects of headhunting

2000-03-20 Thread Michael O'Donnell
If a headhunter gives my resume to a company that eventually hires me as "direct" employee, how much money does that headhunter typically receive? What are the upper and lower bounds likely to be? How about for a contract position? ** To

Re: Financial aspects of headhunting

2000-03-20 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Michael, You can go directly to the source for those questions. For a contract answer, write.Gail at: Gail Vaillancourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] For staffing, ask Lori at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Both support the GNLUG Jerry If a headhunter gives my resume to a company that eventually hires me as

Fwd: SuSE Linux User Group Giveaway

2000-03-20 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Here's a little treat for everyone. Hope someone wins the big one. Jerry From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 20 13:42:14 2000 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:20:10 -0800 (PST) From: SuSE Info [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: SuSE Linux User Group Giveaway MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi!

Re: Financial aspects of headhunting

2000-03-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
I have been a contractor for about 15 years, but one of my business partners runs a contract agency. For contract employment, the agency normally gets a percentage of the gross. This percentage is sometimes mandated by the hiring company, sometimes negotiable. For W2 40% is not atypical. Some

Government (Local) and Linux

2000-03-20 Thread Jeffry_Smith
Following editorial on Freshmeat is about using Linux in schools, specifically K-12. Very good pointers to apps (although I haven't checked them out), adn why use open source in schools: http://freshmeat.net/news/2000/03/18/953441940.html jeff smith

Re: NH state govmt BINGO

2000-03-20 Thread Randy Edwards
Hi Bob, We may have made a breakthrough with getting the state government to accept Linux. I attended a state TUG (Technology Users Group) meeting this morning, and the DITM (Div. Info. Tech. Manag.) guy was very enthusiastic about having a meting on Linux. If you could, would you drop

Re: Home Network

2000-03-20 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Hi Michael, You can go in two directions. Either 10Base2, or 10BaseT (or 100BaseTX, gigabit, but let's be realistic now). 10Base2: You use 50 ohm coax cables. It's a cheaper way of cableing, because you don't need special switches/hubs for it. Just T jacks on all teh network cards, and the

Re: Home Network

2000-03-20 Thread Michael P. Griffin
Thank you all. You have given me enough to get started and based on equipment suggestions a rough idea of cost. I will get back to you with more specific questions after I have pulled the wire and start to configure the system. One last question though, what would be a good base system to run a