On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 05:45:02 -0800
ajax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm sorry It seems that I didn't seem word my question well. I don't want
> step by step instructions on how to set up the network. Your quite right
> there is a lot of documentation on the web and in Linux itself.
> My question really is can I set up the network so that I can turn either
> computer on and still connect to the internet and have them networked
> together? If I have a linux server acting as a gateway/router it will have
> to be on whenever I want to connect to the internet. Right?
you are quite correct. your small P2 machine will do just fine as a gateway/router for
the rest of your network. As far as X being installed on that machine, all you'll
really need is the bear minimum and at least one light-weight desktop manager to run
in those times when you just need a GUI to help with configuration. In fact, that P2
should be able to handle the firewall/gateway/mailserver/router responsibilities just
fine. I've got two machine doing just that at the moment and Mandrake is doing a fine
job of it.
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