Scrap the motherboard. It isn't worth the time and effort if there is even one thing wrong with the board. If you shop around on the Web, you can still find someone selling AT/ATX boards that will fit your case and power supply, not to mention your processor and maybe the memory you bought for the old one. If you live in an area where you have a computer shop, check with them for any old boards that work, but are no longer of interest to them. For $25 or less, you might find the perfect solution to your needs.
If you are going to put money into this box, seriously conside buying a new box, maybe without the monitor, keyboard, etc. for a couple of hundred dollars. As long as you find that the components are Linux compatible, you will have a much better server this way than what you would have sticking with what you got now. The advice that everyone else is giving you is good advice. However, if you are working on a tight budget and your needs/expectations are meager, I would suggest that you buy a new box for the most that you can afford and spend your time configuring the software. Nothing is more frustrating than wasting good money on bad hardware. Even a local computer shop could build you a barebones box for the money you would spend on memory, hard drive and processor upgrades. I am curious... If you have hubs connected to your cable modem, one must be a gateway/IP forwarding unit, with the others feeding off of it. Unless you are paying for multiple IPs through your cable modem service provider, as soon as the second machine comes on line, it will be denied access to the Web. Most cable modem service providers will not serve two boxes or more without paying for the privilege. I went through this here, and found that the best option for protection and network service was to let the Linksys gateway/firewall/switch do all the DHCP and IP forwarding to all my network clients. I never have to worry about the server being up to serf the Web. Is this what you are doing now? If so, I wouldn't put another NIC in the server...let the harware gateway/firewall do the work. My opinion based on what works for me and my clients. But, you do have some decisions to make before you can worry about that. T ----- Original Message ----- From: "BCSoft@TowerTraining" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 4:45 PM Subject: [newbie] home network vision (kind of long) Help, help, help Since downloading and installing ML 8.2 I have been bit by the Linux bug and now want to set up a home network. I ordered ML 9.0 from CheapBytes and have tried to install it on an old Hsing Tech motherboard with a Cyrex 686 processor and a BocaLAN 2000 network card. I apparently order the wrong kind of DRAM because only 65 meg of the 256 meg is recognized and the mouse only works sporadically. I'm serious about this network so I'm asking for suggestions. If I'm having trouble with the serial port on the motherboard then it seems unwise to try to upgrade the processor, buy the correct memory (if I can figure out what that is) and change the network card. I also think a 7 gig hd isn't enough for a server so I'm looking at something 20 gig or so. Of course, budget matters and also, I would like to make this a learning experience rather than buy a server box configured. The end result should be a server with and old HP printer connected to it (just in case) that is storing files for two Compaq Armada laptops, five Toshiba Satellite laptops and old iMac running System 8.6 and an even older Apple Workgroup Server that I use to run the ancient Mirror scanner. I don't care if the server is an internet gateway since I have a couple of 5 port hubs connected to the cable modem to allow internet access for multiple machines. I would, however, like to learn how to set up a mail server so that I can take advantage of the fact that I own a couple of domain names without paying someone like Hypermart 40 or 50 bucks a month. I also don't care about form factor. I can screw the motherboard right to the wall in my 'server closet', use the power supply from the tower case and string cables all over the walls if necessary. I just want the thing to work. So..... Upgrade the processor or replace the motherboard? ----- Richard L. Babcock, Owner Tower Training At Tower Training, We Bring the Classroom to You! www.towertraining.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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