Networks Smoothwall Orange NIC

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Ok - I'm messing about with my network at the moment, and I want to add a 'server' to the orange NIC (Not sure what it's going to serve yet - maybe a part time website, maybe games - I dunno what's feasible with a celery 366 with 64mb)

    What I need to know is am I right in saying you need a cross over cable from the orange smoothwall NIC to the server's NIC? I know I had to so this when I only had two PC's and no hub (many years ago).

    Am I right?

    And BTW, advice on what to do with said server when it's installed would be nice - OS, things to 'serve' etc etc.

    Ta in advance,

    GOO
     
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  2. herbs

    herbs Nobody but us chickens

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    Yes correct, but make sure say your network is 192.168.0.1 to set the orange card on the smoothie to 192.168.1.1 or similar.
    As Ive never done this I could be talking b*llocks
    :D
     
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  3. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Ta Herbs.

    Anybody thoughts on OS / Servery type stuff?

    (Remember, I'm doing this because I've got the spare equipment and want to muck about with it - I've got no experience whatsoever in running a server)
     
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  4. Adam

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    If you are going to use it as a web server then just install something like redhat linux.

    If it is going to be a fileserver then I would recommend Windows 2000, I have run it as a fileserver on a machine with only 64mb RAM with no problems whatsoever serving 4 pcs.

    I think running a counterstrike server or something would be easily possible on that machine, but I don't know where you get the software.
     
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  5. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    agree with adam...for a fileserver/ftp server win2k is very nice and stable...

    but depends what u wanna do with it...make it into an mp3 server if u got plenty of mp3s....
     
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    Thanks lads.
     
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  7. sk8o

    sk8o What's a Dremel?

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    a good idea to put the ip range on a different subnet (that is what your saying... :) )

    i have a private webserver running linux redhat 7.3 with apache/php/mysql installed :) ive only just started playing myself really but its nice, i could have used win2k but that would have been 2 easy, i like a challege :)
     
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    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    i would have thought red hat is just as easy to setup as win2k....
     
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    Is Redhat a distro I can download? (i.e Free?)

    And is apache included?
     
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  10. Fly

    Fly inter arma silent leges

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    yes.

    no, but it is available separately to download (free).
     
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  11. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    nope and

    nope....

    red hat is one of the ones that you have to pay for....erm but im sure youd be able to borrow a copy of mr kazaa....

    otherwise for a good linux distro run debian (my personal fav) or slackware...both are quite good....:lol: :D

    apache you can download....
     
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    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    huh?? i thought that red hat you had to pay for...??

    am i getting the distros mixed up??
     
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    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    i just checked at redhat.com....you do have to pay for it....:sigh: :sigh:
     
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  14. Fly

    Fly inter arma silent leges

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    redhat is available to download for free. It is linux not M$!!!!:D

    here

    the download is free, the support plans you pay for!
     
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    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    o rite..thats why they have a price on this part of the website...

    i was always wondering how it wasnt for free, cause theres a couple of linux distros which arent for free...
     
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    Holy Iron Rocks, Batman!!! :eeek:

    Those downloads are HUGE!!!!

    3 * 650Mb ISO images!!

    can anybody point me in the direction of something a liitle smaller?
     
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  17. Adam

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    People on ebay sell those disks for next to nothing, much better to let them do all the work really.
     
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  18. herbs

    herbs Nobody but us chickens

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    Buy an issue of linux format they normally put distros on the dvd version.
     
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  19. GreatOldOne

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    I'll check out WHSmiths when I'm in town tommorow then.

    TA,

    GOO
     
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  20. MadGamer

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    a good place to download linux isos is

    www.linuxiso.org

    it has nearly all the distros
     
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