OK then. For March we could have a show & tell session how people have set up their home networks.
I have a 4 machine set-up:- An IPCop Gateway box. It's go a few addons to make it a bit more useful. ( To keep Volker happy I now have a Ban Outgoing Traffic addon. Help with a sensible blocking rule-set would be appreciated ) A Dual P/III machine. It has a CUPS-driven printer attached, is the file store, and uses distcc to help with compilations. A ThinkPad with a wireless card running an Ad-hoc route to the IPCOP box. Caleb's AMD 2500+ machine which he uses to run Blender etc... etc... I could bring it and explain how I set up the networking. However I'm sure that other people would be both better and more knowledgeble than I. Folks interested? For preperation / homework read. RUTE Book Chapters 25 and 26. http://rute.2038bug.com/node28.html.gz There are of course many other books on the subject. On 11/15/07, tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome John to what looks to be your new roll. > > a future possible topic.. setting up a network from scratch. > > I started a thread the other week in regards to wanting a wireless > router. I was asked If I had trouble with my current wired network, > seeing the meeting topic I thought I'd post part of my reply..... > > Maybe this could be a clug topic? that could be distributed later as a > Plain-English pdf file or open office presentation.. > > for-example. What one needs software hardware on their server box (do I > even need a server) with 2 boxes a networked printer/file sharing and > Internet connection. with step by step instructions, that later can be > explained what each Instruction is/was doing. With the Linux-Flavour > chosen by the presenter(s). Maybe another topic of keeping your network > humming. > > I don't have these skills, I want these skills so I can help my self and > others when the need arises. > > > Take Care > > Tom > > > > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 10:26 +1300, John Hyde wrote: > > Hello I am John - I came along to the Tuesday meeting for the first > > time. > > > > I enjoyed the preso and found it very informative - big thanks to > > Brett. > > > > > > I have some ideas for future meetings - please kick these around and > > let me know what you all think. > > > > 1) A pub quiz. I will organise the questions - I can do this for the > > December mtng if people want this. We split into teams and write down > > answers to the questions. The questions will be a mixture of geeky, > > plus general knowledge plus celebrity trivia. A bit of fun, really. > > > > 2) Mini presentations by members. Maybe 3 or 4 presos of 15-20 minutes > > each. Topics to be something that the member has done recently, or a > > topic the member has some special skill or interest in. The main point > > is that preparing for a short preso is less of a worry / burden than > > doing the full thing and more ppl can volunteer. > > > > One other idea is to publicise the CLUG a bit more. Is there any > > central "geek events in CHCH" type of website ? If not then I will > > start one. There actually are about 1 event per week of a geeky > > nature, believe it or not. > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > John Hyde > > > > > > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
