Hi Francois, It is feasible, but I have a few questions. Why would you like 1 NIC per win98 machine? Why not hub them, or if you don't wish for a hub, why not use a coaxial cable. It just seems like a bit of overkill to have 1 per machine and might make firewalling a little more complex than it needs to be. I could do all that you requested with RedHat or Mandrake, and yes we could do it command line style. There are hacks available on the net for Optus and Telstra ADSL software for linux....and last tiem I checked all you really need to do is setup a PPPOE connection.
Hope this helps. -- -----Original Message----- From: Francois Haasbroek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2002 1:45 AM To: Slug Subject: [SLUG] Linux and Telstra ADSL Hi sluggers I have a Alcatel Speedtouch Home ADSL modem linking my win98 box to Telstra. (SMC 100 Mbps NIC). I have another box (Celeron 500 MHz/32 MB Ram/350 MB Hard disk) and want to install a minimal Linux on it: 1) I want to host a http download site. I develop in Delphi and allow my customers to live-update from a http server. 10 x 1MB files max. 2) I want Linux as a firewall/proxyserver for 2 win98 boxes. 3) I want Linux to fetch mail from various mailboxes and deliver it to the correct win98 box. Or even as a full blown mailserver. 4) Instead of a hub I want to use 3 network cards in the Linux box, 1 for the ADSL and 1 for each of the win98 boxes all linked with crossover cables. Q1: Is this feasible? Q2: Which is the best distro(s) for the above? Q3: Is it possible to do it from the commandline only (no GUI)? Q4: How do I connect to the Telstra ADSL line? TIA Francois Haasbroek [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug Searching for "A Better Way" to a home loan ?. Call RAMS on 13 7267, or go to http://www.rams.com.au The e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information. If you receive it in error you must not use or disclose the information. You must tell us and delete it. We do not waive any legal privilege by sending it. RAMS does not promise that the email is free from virus defect or error. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
