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Linux server, win98 clients
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Name: James Smyth
Date: August 2, 2000 at 08:28:50 Pacific
Subject: Linux server, win98 clients
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Comment: I have am constucting a LAN in my house. I have a 10-base hub, a cable modem (External), three computers (two with win98 and one with Linux Mandrake 7.0), and little knowledge of how to get them to work. I want all my computers to use the same cable modem at the same time. In order to do that without buying a new IP address, I would have to setup one computer (the linux machine) as a proxy server (okay, a pentium computer with 32mb of ram isn't much for a server, but hey, it's all I got to work with). Now, I don't have any idea of how to setup a proxy server on Linux (or windows for that matter) and have no idea how to get my windows machines to talk to the other computers. Please help, anyone who can give me a walk through or resource on how to handle this would be very appreciated.
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Response Number 1
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Name: unisol
Date: August 2, 2000 at 12:49:28 Pacific
Subject: Linux server, win98 clients
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Reply: (edit)Most linux distrs come with a proxy server.
Is called squid and Mandrake has it too
Install it from the cd if it isn't there.
To start it just type:
squid
OR
squid -D if you aren't connected with the net
Read the documentation of it and when you are
done edit squid.conf file in /etc/squid
to tweak it. Samba may be your answer . Anyway for all your questions go
to www.linuxdoc.org and look at all the
networking howtos
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Response Number 2
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Name: Wallace
Date: August 2, 2000 at 18:52:02 Pacific
Subject: Linux server, win98 clients |
Reply: (edit)You may setup your linux box as a router/gateway, and use IP masquerading with ipchains (firewall). Then setup your windows box to use you linux box as gateway. This setting is only for a LAN which has only one valid IP (not 192.168.x.x or other private IP).
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Response Number 3
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Name: john
Date: August 4, 2000 at 15:23:47 Pacific
Subject: Linux server, win98 clients |
Reply: (edit)screw the linux server and buy a linksys router. It provides its own dhcp or it configures client ip addresses automatically. It also uses the one ip address that your isp provided. It uses nat technology that allows all user with the ability to use that one ip. If you use more than one ip address some isp providers get pissed because your eating up their addresses. The dsl router provides its own firewall because of the nat technology.
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Response Number 4
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Name: JT
Date: August 10, 2000 at 11:17:30 Pacific
Subject: Linux server, win98 clients |
Reply: (edit)Screw the LINKSYS router and goto FREESCO.ORG which stands for a "Free cisco" router. It pretty much will handle any of your computing dialup/dialin needs on 1 floppy disk, on a VERY small computer (mine is on a 486, 25mg with 8megs)
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Response Number 5
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Name: ernesto garcia
Date: December 13, 2000 at 16:15:24 Pacific
Subject: Linux server, win98 clients
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Reply: (edit)I want put together a small network. Install linux with it which version of linux should I use.
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