On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 at 10:36:42,
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>On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:09:10 +0100, Arnould Nazarian
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> My son, 16, used to use the family PC, Athlon 1,8 GHz + 256 MB of
>>memory. It was not fast enough for his taste, and he wanted to have
>>his own environment so he got a Pentium 3GHz PC + 1 GB of memory (not
>>from me, from his mother, I wasn't aware of their plans...)
>>
>> We share the ADSL line. He can download at more than 100 kB/sec.
>What you DO need is a DSL router (that will also save you the trouble
>of using PPoE software installed at your machine)
>XP normally is rather fast, however as you install things on it, it
>tends to slow down. Clean it up and you will be set to go :-)
Ah yes - that is what he needs.
I have a 4 port router at home. I use one port as the Linux internet
connection, which then gives dhcp and internet to all our local network.
Ben has one games server connected to a port, and I am using another
(right now) to give me worldwide direct connection to my mail server.
This is coming from Kuala Lumpur. I VNC to my own Windows desktop.
It does require an ISP to give you enough IP addresses. I have 16 - but
not enough hardware to use them all (8-)#
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