On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 08:46:36AM -0500, Jerry Human wrote:
> Hello Good People:
>
> I hope everyone is still having a very good Christmas holiday. I guess I
> am because I got the present for my October birthday just in time for
> Christmas. My ADSL was hooked up a little over a week ago. Now I'd like
> to network all my computers together including sharing the ADSL. What I
> have is a Compaq Presario 700 mhz Celeron with Windows ME and an
> internal TI ADSL LAN adapter on Ameritech (Prodigy) DSL, a 566 mhz
> Celeron generic computer and a 486DX50 and a couple of printers, a
> flatbed scanner and a digital camera.
That modem won't work with Linux. You'll need an ethernet modem. Then
you can setup the network however you like.
> I've noticed that I can get 10/100 tx PCI nic's for $4 and up and 10/100
> tx 5 port hubs for $35 and up. I've also heard that the best firewall OS
> is OpenBSD and I'm currently running Red Hat 6.2, waiting for 7.2 to be
> released. Since I'm so new to all this, I'd like to get a little advice.
>
> What I want is a Linux network connected via a hub to Windows boxes and
> Red Hat X.2 boxes connected to ADSL through a Linux firewall (or
> ipchains). Ok people, I'm sitting down and got my seatbelt on so let me
> have it. What is wrong with this setup and what would you do, you don't
> need to be gentle.
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