hUnTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Our Mac stuff works very well and is no problem for us to maintain and
>upgrade.
This is as it SHOULD BE in winbloze land also........
>Our single biggest headache is our linux server.
A couple of months with LINUX Unleashed will help make life much easier
for you with regards to understanding Linux.
>but we miss our email and dial-in system.
>We have repeatedly tried to find a way to set up a Mac to answer the
>modems, do the email and keep some simple logs of who is connected.
>Nobody has ever been able to give us guidance - not even Apple.
Check out MacRadius for dial-in authentication....... see a review at
<http://www.zdnet.com/macweek/mw_1042/gw_macradius.html>
>A recent appeal for help has brought in an offer of a Windows NT server.
Do yourself a favor..... "Just say no" to idiots.......
>However, without extensive help in setting this up and training us, we
>fear that we shall be in the same situation as with the linux machine.
Exactly. And worse. At least a LINUX machine will do what you tell it (if
you know HOW to tell it), but an NT machine has a mind of it's own
sometimes...
>We recently read about something called a Keyspan PPP server in a Mac
>Warehouse catalog and one of our members has ordered this part. We have
>an oddball 160 MHZ 48 MB Mac with a tanzania motherboard that we thought
>might be good for setting up in place of the linux machine. However we
>need some guidance:
>
> What are the basic steps we need to take to replace the linux
>machine
>with a Mac? I know we have to get the mac on our 10BaseT network - so
>far
>I have not been able to make it recognize the Sonic 10Bt PCI card but
>this will get resolved somehow (I loaded OS8 on this Mac but had a lot
>of
>trouble doing it because of strange problems with the CD). I also assume
>we will put in the Keyspan card and run some installer software. I
>presume I can then give this machine the same name and IP address as the
>dreaded linux beast and load a Eudora or Stalker Mail Server (any
>recommendations?).
Sounds good...
> Could this machine also then act as an IP router to assign internal
>addresses to the office machines (we cannot expand because we have run
>out of IP addresses)?
Just use IP translation Plus on your Cisco...... it will let you have a
direct LAN to Internet IP Number translation for your servers, and then
it allocates other IP numbers as needed to your other workstations, for a
predetermined range of numbers. For Instance, if you have 10 macs, and 3
of them are servers. The 3 servers have a direct number translation
(192.168.X.X on Lan equals XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX [real, valid IP Number here]),
but the workstations are allocated various 192.168.X.X numbers as needed,
and they are automatically translated to one of your range of real, valid
IP numbers at the router.
> How do we also make it our primary DNS? Do I get a copy of QuickDNS
>or similar and just install it?
Yes
> What do I have to do to make the system answer our two (hopefully
>soon to be four) dial-in modems and permit people to log in for up to a
>specified amount of time per session?
QuickStream Pro PPP server is also available........
> (This area has been our nemesis
>with the linux machine. Macs have been able to connect easily to the
>command-line host with a script. By contrast the Win 95 machines have
>always had problems in this area and they frequently disconnect but
>leave
>the modem "hung up" until we come back in the next day and reboot the
>server. Even our linux expert in the States has been unable to find a
>way
>to get the modems to hang up when bad disconnects occur).
Check the Hangup string or initialization string for your modems
> Is there some simple site administration software - at a minimum
>something to keep a log of all the people who dial in and allow us to
>bill them for their connect time each month.? (No we cannot afford to
>allow unlimited time for a flat rate). If the system could do any more
>than this it would be a bonus.
MacRadius again........
If you are able to set up the things you've mentioned here, you should
still keep the LINUX box, and use it for an emergency back-up. Also if it
isn't in constant use, you can tweak it and learn about all of the things
it can do for you. (NetAtalk, and Samba for instance, and SO MUCH MORE)
Good L:uck!!!!
Dale Leonard
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