> So my questions are: > * Can I have two ne-2000 compatible cards in the same system?
No problem. See the Multiple-Ethernet HOWTO. > * assuming the gateway can pump data extremely fast, will I be > losing a ton of permformance by going from 10baseT to thin BNC? > In other words, should I switch my whole system to 10BaseT instead? > (Downloads are VIA satellite... That can be fast.) Nope. This shouldn't be a problem. > * Are there any serious flaws in this plan I'm not seeing? Nope. You'll just want to review the Masquerading and NET HOWTO's - in addition to the one above. >2) I'm running SAMBA on my fileserver (same setup as above). On it, I have > a public directory (both in SAMBA terms and UNIX). However, when someone > attempts to write a file, sometimes it doesn't allow it. Can someone tell > me what has to be done to make a share completely public, so that I can > step through and see where my permissions are bad? Generally, my solution > is to do a "chmod a+rw --recursive" on the directory occsaionally. It > sometimes fixes it. You have to set the "create mode = xxx" for the share. Refer to the docs. >4) I can't for the life of me figure out what the startup files are defined as > or where they are defined (say, .login and .startup.x11 from my old dec > days) System startup is in /etc/init.d User startup is /etc/profile and $HOME/.bash_profile, etc. Later, Kevin Traas Baan Business Systems Systems Analyst Langley, BC, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 882-8169 http://www.baan-bbs.ca ------------------- > Linux is not user-friendly. It _is_ user-friendly. It's just not ignorant-friendly or idiot-friendly. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
