Hi,
Thanx for the speedy reply.
As far as the hubs are concerned, if my NICs are going to be 10mbps and not
10/100mbps then I could make do with the cheaper 10mbps hubs, if i can get
them that is. But what happens when i want to upgrade. (Thats a
nobrainer). Thow away the cheap hub and get new NICs and hub. (Just
thinking aloud)
As far as the network is concerned, the moot point of my question is that
if I dload the files and distribute them to the nodes (Win9x), then what
kind of security can i excercise on them. Can i restrict access to only
user of each node only and that too for a particular user on each node?
Also, I will not be doing the day to day administration of the network or
the dloading from the internet. So I will be confortable if the internet
connectivity is on a Win machine so that my system eng. who is Win guy can
use it without depending on me. How do i do that? Pls note, internet
access in not essential, in fact prohibited for the nodes (cuts down
productivity..says the boss).
TIA
Great list
Jayanth
At 05:26 PM 2/3/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Jayanth Vincent proclaimed:
>> 1. The network consists of 15 machines and one server connected
thru a hub.
>> Now the hubs are going to be form D-link. The dilemma is whether to go
>> for 10mbps hubs or 10/100mbps hubs. We all know that the cost is very low
>> as far as the former is concerned, but what are the disadvantages in going
>> for the same?
>
>Speed, of course. If you are sure that all the machines connecting to the
>hub are going to talk 10-Base-T, then go in for the cheaper hub. I
>personally think that 10-Base-Ts are "good enough".
>
>> 2. Now a linux question. The network is going to be a linux server
which
>> handles the authentication while the nodes will be on Win9x. I need to
>> have a machine which should serve as a file server thru which files are
>> downloaded and distributed through the network. I have set up a similier
>> network on an NT server (NT4 as the PDC with Win 9x nodes), but the
>> security in the same is poor as we all know. The present network neesds to
>> be very secure, as there is a danger of the files dloaded being erased aor
>> manipulated by the users. My questions are;
>> (a) Is such a system possible with linux? If so, will I need a separate
>> linux server and a separate file server?
>> (b) For the system to be secure, it is necessary for the files to be on the
>> server itself and held in different home directories for the various nodes
>> to maintain this level of security?
>
>I am a bit lost. Are the files downloaded to the file server from the
>internet and then passed on to the windows client machine? Or is the file
>server going to be a place where windows user's can store some of their
>files and give permissions to other users to access some of these files?
>
>If it is the latter, then you can go with installing a samba server on the
>linux box. To the windows machines the linux machine looks like an NT file
>server talking smb. If it is the former, you can go with a squid proxy on
>the linux box.
>
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