"Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Jerry Human wrote:
>
> > I'm going to setup a network at home for all my boxes as a way to learn
> > networking. I have the following:
> >
> > 2 Linux Pentium boxes (RH 6.2)
> > 1 Windows ME Pentium box (Windows apps)
> > 1 Windows 95 486DX box (gaming)
> > 1 ADSL account (currently Windows ME)
> > 1 Lexmark Z31 Printer
> > 1 Apollo Printer
> > 2 Panasonic dot matrix printers
> > 1 Flatbed Scanner
> > 1 Digital Camera
> >
> > Since I don't know squat about networks yet and RH 6.2 is my primary OS,
> > I'd like to know what you experienced people would think is the
> > correct/optimum configuration would be for this hardware and have future
> > expansion capabilities. Naturally, I'd like to access the ADSL from all
> > the boxes.
> >
> > Please tell me what you think, what hardware would be necessary, where
> > to get current docs/principles, what reading I should do and anything
> > else you feel would help.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> Is your ADSL connection an external box, or an internal card? If it is
> internal, you may have problems finding Linux drivers for it.
>
> For documentation, I would recamend reading:
> Ethernet-HOWTO
> Firewall-HOWTO
> IPCHAINS-HOWTO
> Networking-Overview-HOWTO
> Net-HOWTO
> IP-Masquerade-HOWTO
>
> For harware, you may want to consider one of the Netgear networking
> kits. You get 2 NICs, a hub, and the cables for a good price. I havn't
> used the latest Netgear cards, but I have used the older cards with out
> any problems. Just make sure the hub has at least 5 ports - 8 would be
> better. Also, unless your 486 has a PCI slot, you will have to make
> sure you get a 10 or 10/100 hub, because you will not find any 100baseTx
> ISA cards. (A switch is even nicer then a hub, but more money...)
>
[...]
> After you get the basic network up and running, you will want to think
> about setting up one Linux machine as a server. You can have mail on
> your local network, as well as automated mail retrieval. With a Samba
> server, you can share parts of the hard drive to your Windows machines,
> as well as sharing local printers to the network. The Panasonic
> printers and the Z31 will all work from Linux with no problems. I am
> not sure about the Apollo printer.
>
My experience is that Lexmark produces a Linux driver for the Z32 and
Z52 printers only. I happen to have a Z12 and so far no luck printing
from Linux. There are drivers for all versions of the Lexmark
printers for Windoz but just the two for Linux and their tech-support
indicates there are no plans of producing any more. I would
appreciate further information like, perhaps, the Panasonic drivers
can double for a Z12 driver?
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