if you have some time try gentoo.org, they have really really good manuals to setup a linux pc. if you plan to use a spare pc just as music/storage server then i'd invest some time in trying linux. advantage: if it runs, it runs! means, if you manage to get a stable setup it basically runs till some of your hw is defect. (alternatively use redhat or debiab. but if you use gentoo you'll also learn alot usefull things ;) )
and for the wireless, buy an access port, linksys wrt54g is cheap and good + you get updates. so you can connect the server to the ap and dont have to bother with the wlan setup. for me, i use gentoo, samba and slimserver 6.+ so i can easily drop my files from my windows workstation onto my archive on the server. hf y h> I've just taken delivery of my SB2 and I'm really pleased with it. Now I h> want to build a basic machine (I've got a decent spec spare PC lying h> around) with a wireless connection to shut in a cupboard and leave h> running as the music server. h> I've not really done this sort of thing before, so I'd appreciate some h> advice. The main decision is whether to install Windows XP or Linux. On h> the one hand I'll need to buy a licence for XP, and on the other I've h> never used Linux before and I understand wireless connections can be h> tricky under Linux, so it might be wise to buy a wireless bridge to h> connect it to. Then there's the question of security - will I need to h> buy anti-virus and firewall software, or is there some other way to h> secure it? As you can tell, I'm hoping to spend as little as possible h> on this. h> Apologies for the simplistic questions, and many thanks for your help. h> Regards, h> Andrew -- Mit freundlichen Gr�ssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
