I recently bought a new p2 and now have my old 486 sitting in a dark corner
of my house with nothing to do, so I decided I would get it up and running
and teach myself networking @ the same time, but I have _no_ idea where to
start.
I have all the hardware required (or so my m$ networking buddy tells me )
but no idea at all where to start etc w/ setting up a network.
I am running rh6.0 / kernel 2.2.13 and my dream setup is as follows .....
486 running as a server (firewall/proxy ?) w/ my p2 connected to it, and
eventually i can obtain another pc or two and also connect them to this 486
(server?) which will then connect to the internet and allow my whole family
to use one connection from many pc's.
Also what i'd like is the 486 (file server ?) to have the *common* apps on
it's hd (eg X / gimp / games / etc ) so that disk space isn't wasted, w/ the
equivalent of what is now each users "home" directory being the hard
drive(s) on each pc that is connecting.
is any/all of this possible ?
I am a programmer and have worked with tcp/ip etc apps in the past so I know
it from that view point, but i have absolutely *zero* knowledge on
networking (this is why i want to do this :) ).
If anyone could point me out to some good "from-the-start" documentation
that would be really great !!
Thanks In Advance
Clive Crous
