On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 15:31, John Richard Smith wrote: > ed tharp wrote: > > >On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 12:00, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > > > >>Michael Lothian wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>I have 3 computer, and my wife has hers and several of my daughters each > >>have computers that float in and out according to presence in the > >>family.I don't propose upgrading them, but the 4 that sit at home will > >>all need one ADSL each. I have concidered building a serverbox to link > >>via lans to each but right now that is beyond my ability, though I > >>don't rule it out for the future, but bear in mind I didn't even own a > >>computer 3 years ago. I would like a server box though, would be fun to > >>muck around with. > >> > >>So right now we wait until the price of these high speed internet > >>connections are ready for the mass market. Which incidentally will be > >>one of the key spurs to a meaningful economic recovery around the > >>world.It's one of the key drivers that is holding the world back. > >> > >>John > >> > >> > > > > > >really, making a 'server' box out of one of those you already own and > >have running is simpler than you might think. (you installed Linux. > >didn't ya?) and CHEAP! just the cost of network card for each box, and 2 > >cards for one box, then you share the one ADSL connection. not a > >connection for each computer, just one to "the firewall/server", that is > >shared by the rest. > > > > > How long did it take you to learn to construct a server box ed, and how > difficult was the ethernet cards and getting them to work as they ought > to on a lan. depends on how you define 'learn', 'server box' I guess, but since 'server box' in this case means a white computer case with 2 pci Ethernet cards and a video card, a power supply and motherboard, then I would say about as long as it took me to type it. or less time than standing in a line to pick up my computer at CompUSA would have taken. this is stuff that only fits one way. and if you allow it, the configuration is automajic also.
> I've got to get some more cash together replace one of the old Int3 or > K6-500 with a state of the art super duper, and use one of the old boxes > to make a server box with all the firewall stull. I know it well enough > really, but need a bit more time to grasp the technicallities as well as > the hardware. > > John ahhh, I would have to say, I have never 'learned' to put together a network, I just have read a bit and did it. if you can configure a modem, or install Mandrake, (and neither is no work of brain surgery, imho) then setting up a network should make you look like a wizard. Can you put a PCI card in the computer? (my bet, the problem with your relative giving up was he put the card in the only slot not to be used [the one right next to the AGP slot, since that is 'shared' with the AGP card]) I had used a celery 333, 512 megs ram, 3 3 gig hard drives (one winME,for dual booting) and it worked great as Internet connection sharing server and print server, used Squid as a cache server and the wife thought the same dialup was so much faster, since she now had a gig of "online" cache.
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