RE: Network Setup Opinion Needed

2003-09-30 Thread Enroth Björn
while the second is more complicated it is actually a better setup. Token ring would be better for your option 1. Thats my 0.02 cents. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Enroth Björn Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL

SV: Network Setup Opinion Needed

2003-09-29 Thread Enroth Björn
Hi, Why complicate things when not needed? The only thing you can gain from separating the clients is less broadcast, and maybe some increased security between the groups of clients. The Linux box would also have more to do in your second option. My suggestion is that you go for option 1.

SV: Suggestion on Domain Controller /DHCP?

2003-09-22 Thread Enroth Björn
Hi, My suggestion is that you set up DHCP and DNS in your linuxbox along with iptables as firewall. Use NAT for the clients with a granular rule base in iptables. Do not allow SMTP, DNS etc through the firewall. I suggest that you set up outgoing rules for defined traffic and deny by default.

RedHat 7.3 on Compaq proliant 1600 freezes

2003-09-03 Thread Enroth Björn
Hi all, I've installed redhat 7.3 on a cpq proliant 1600. I have 640MB RAM and a 9GB scsi hdd. My problem is that the server freezes intermittent. The server answers on ping, but nothing else. The only way to get it to run again is to power off/on. The dmesg does not give any information of