on Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 02:15:06PM +0000, Martin Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I have a small network masqueraded (which is so easy to do with debian - > it's the best). On the Masquerading machine (one with modem...) I get my > updates off the net (and haven't deleted downloaded debs!). > > I don't want to spend hours on the modem to update each PC - can I set the > other's up to use the downloaded .debs on the modem PC as their default > (preefrred) apt source? How (if yes)?
The slickest general solution for this type of problem IMO is to set up a caching proxy server for HTTP and FTP transfers. See Squid for more info. -- Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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