On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > I have managed to promote Debian in a small but expanding firm > > > (currently a dozen systems). They have old Novell Net and Samba at the > > > moment, but they like Linux and want to change somehow. They allow me > > > to give them a wishlist for a Debian System, and they'll buy it, and > > > now I really need some help here. > > > > > > TASKS: File Server, Print Server, Internet Connection per ISDN (so > > > this would work as a Gateway & Firewall) (light load), File Backup, > > > > If you can do it, i would suggest that you put the gateway/firewall on a > > separate box. scrounge up an old 386 or 486 (running debian, of course) > > if you have to. > > I think they will have a few spare machines when they get new machines. > Perhaps the old Novell Server can do a good job there ;) It is a 486. > > Debian is mandatory - I will not help them with another system.
Hi - I have set up an IntraNet server using Debian GNU/Linux (OK it's not complete yet ... hmmm ... it lacks a lot but this is another story ;-) and it works great. All I can say, that no server OS is so easy to install and so flexible in configuration. > Yes. I said something about 100Mbps above. I asked again, and they have some > doubts (and me too). I don't think they need those fast lines, but some > business man has suggested a) 100Mbps lines and b) a router. Summa sumarum > this would cost 3.500 $. Is this useful for such a small park? (In my > opinion, they would be better off to invest the money in three linux > machines.) Oh the 10/100 Mbit discussion again. I think that 100 Mbit's are not worth the money. You'll get 10/100 Mbit cards cheap as dirt but the network equipment (hubs, switches, etc) are really expensive in my opinion. A normal (repeated not switched) 10Mbit network will make about 700-800 kByte/s and a 100Mbit (also not switched) will make only 2-3 kByte/s. So it's not factor 10 it's only factor 3-4. With a 10Mbit ethernet switch you will get the whole 1 MByte/s that 10Mbit will make. And the 10Mbit switches are also cheap whereas the 100Mbit switches are expensive. My 5 cents. Bye Daniel PS: You're from Germany? Read c't Magazine 3/98 there is a good article about SOHO networking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Gross eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hollarstrasse 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-85053 Ingolstadt, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are two problems with a major hangover. You feel like you are going to die and you're afraid that you won't. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .