A hint, use ipcop for the firerwall and the server for mail and web serving. mail and webservers do not belong on firewalls.
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:37:37 +1300 David Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I've gone and done it (nearly). The Open Source Technology Centre is > nearly ready. > > I have leased an office, built some benches and purchased some computers. > Cabling and Internet connection go in this week. All that is left to do is > to install operating systems and some software on them. This is where I > need some help. To get us started, I want to install the following: > > Gateway PC - PII 266, 96MB, 13GB > ========== > IPCop or similar firewall > Caching DNS > DHCP > Web Server > Mail Server > * I normally wouldn't load up a firewall with all these apps. I will move > some of them when I get another PC to act as the firewall. > > Server - PIII 733, 256MB, 13GB > ====== > Linux (I prefer Debian) > LTSP (and some apps to run over the network) > PartImage (server and a boot disk for the workstations) > > Workstations - 7 x PII 300, 64MB, 3.2GB > ============ > Various distros of Linux/BSD to be saved as images on the server using > PartImage. Then people can choose the distro they prefer when they do their > courses. Cool eh? > > There is probably some other stuff that needs to be installed, but that's > what comes to mind at the moment. If you have any other bright ideas, let > me know. > > Anyone who is interested in helping set up a network from scratch, or just > checking out the facilities is welcome to come along. I will be starting at > 11:30am on Saturday 25 January. I will also be in on Sunday from 10:00am to > finish the bits we don't get done on Saturday. Bring CD's with your > favorite distro's and software. If you have a spare CD ROM drive we can > borrow for the weekend, bring that too. The workstations don't have CD > ROM's and I only have 2 that I can bring along. > > Level 2 Highgate House > 182 Cashel Street > Christchurch > > It is just above the Loaded Hog. The entrance is on Cashel Street. You > have to go up 3 flights of stairs to get to the 2nd floor (the ground floor > is not at ground level). I'll put a sign on the door. > > Any help is very much appreciated. > > > Later > > David Kirk > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > -- "All that was needed was to parse the cat root slash dev etcetera file for eth0 and pugle the forward identity-locking rehooliginator and symlink it to the libgc perl humongisooler module after a kernel decompile and basic repatch update." - theregister.co.uk
