At 15:24 07/01/02 +0000, Ben Thorp wrote: <snip> >handy. I have an old 486 kicking about, which I would be able to furnish >with 2 ethernet NICs, one to connect to her machine, one to my main box, >and use that as the print server. Which would be the best distro to install
Is there a reason why you don't use one of the two existing computers as the printserver / router (I'm really asking why you don't use the exisitng Linux box for this)? In addition to the complication of another PC, you would also need to fit a distribution onto a 486 - if you want security (as a router / firewall) you'll want the latest versions of everything but the cut down distro's (e.g. from the Linux router project) tend to be slim on samba stuff c compilers etc. I'd recommend getting squid working and some sort of DNS caching working for sharing internet access it really does improve the performance. HTH Colin -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
