Unfortunatelt, linux isnt an option either, I only have 2 machines, one will
prolly run NT and the other 98, unless 98 can handle the networking stuff I
need it to.
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From: Rich Kulawiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: WC:>: Advice on Networking house for ISDN
>On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 07:19:59PM -0800, Bill Houle wrote:
>> I would guess Linux would be perfect for this, but I don't use that
>> configuration so I cannot say.
>
>It's great for it. In fact, I recall a two-part article in PC Week
>wherein one of the editors went through the entire process.
>
>Another way to handle is to do what I've done (albeit with Suns,
>not with Linux boxes): only one box actually ever connects to the
>outside world. It's configured as a proxy server (for outbound
>telnet and ftp; no inbound), a bidirectional mail relay
>(ONLY for my machines; it logs anything else and traces it back),
>a proxy caching web server, and a few other things. Since 99% of
>everything I do is telnet/ftp/smtp/http, this works fine for me.
>
>It also only requires one real IP address; since the other machines'
>addresses never see the outside world, you can number them any way
>you like. I've used the class C network that's set aside for
>private networks, i.e. the address range that nobody should ever
>use on the 'net at large -- 192.168.0.0. (There's also a class B
>and a class A should you be really ambitious.)
>
>---Rsk
>Rich Kulawiec
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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