Re: School Proof-of-concept network

1998-08-05 Thread Joey Hess
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > b) An ethernet hub, 8 ports (I think 10Mbs is quite good > > enough). Cost? I think around $300-400, tops > > 178$cdn for a 3com Workgroup hub You can get cheap 8 port 10 base T hubs for $40 if you know where to look. (http://www.warehouse.com/datacomm/) -- see s

Re: School Proof-of-concept network

1998-08-04 Thread John C. Ellingboe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It is a vision of mine that linux will be used more in schools, making more > computing resources available, without encumbrances of commercial software. snip > 486 linux garbage can computer (in part to show what can be done). Should be fine for the job. > snip

Re: School Proof-of-concept network

1998-08-04 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 4 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > As you have surmised, this is entirely a doable task. I have, > (and I suspect any number of people on this list do too) a setup > similar to what you envisage; however, I am not sure of the cost of > the required hardware. I did the same here to

Re: School Proof-of-concept network

1998-08-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, As you have surmised, this is entirely a doable task. I have, (and I suspect any number of people on this list do too) a setup similar to what you envisage; however, I am not sure of the cost of the required hardware. On the hardware side, you shall need a) a Linux box, wit

Re: School Proof-of-concept network

1998-08-04 Thread Jan Vroonhof
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It is a vision of mine that linux will be used more in schools, Not only of yours. Some have even made it a reality. See http://www.heise.de/ct/schan/ That is german project supported by C'T. It allows schools to connect to the internet using a specially prepared lin