Hey, I've been running STN on a 386 just fine for three years now.
I'd be in favor of a harddisk-based STN, but let's keep the rest of
it pretty minimal.

Dave

john burton wrote:
> 
> OK...
> 
> Make the new STN(HD) such that I can install squid myself!
> 
> I mean, can you think of a better place to put a proxy???  Dial-out is
> likely the lowest-end, least cycle-consuming process you can run.  Unless
> you specifically re-compile the 2.x.x kernel, you can't even RUN it on a
> 386, and who has 386s sitting around now?  So let's continue this to a
> logical, yet realistic conclusion.  You're gonna have a minimum 486 machine
> with lets say 16 MB RAM.  That's about a bottom-line as you can get now.
> Let's say you have a 100MB HardDrive.  Put say 80MB of that HardDrive to
> work as a proxy.  It'll speed up your customers' access and provide MUCH
> more bang for the buck.
> 
> Now if you go with a P-100 and 128MB of RAM and say 500MB diskspace, you
> could support a medium sized office' internet requirements.  Proper
> configuration would even allow web site hosting speed up.  This type of
> "advance" configuration might call for a separate proxy box, but for simple
> gateway services, hanging squid off the back of STN(HD) is a natural
> combination and would provide tremendous returns!  Besides, STN already
> offers all the config parameters a standard client would need via DHCP.
> 
>                                                 --==jb==--
> 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> John Burton
> Midwest City, Oklahoma
> http://sxs.sandbox.dynip.com
> 
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>  > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:26
>  > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > Subject: RE: [STN] The floppy thing ...
>  >
>  >
>  > One green bottle at a time guys .......
>  >
>  > Steve.
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: john burton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>  > Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 10:14
>  > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > Subject: RE: [STN] The floppy thing ...
>  >
>  >
>  > If we're to play the issue of "take all the hard drive space you
>  > want" might
>  > be a good time to add in a "squid" or similar proxy server.  STN would be
>  > well served as a proxy, and since it's sitting on a machine with
>  > lotsa hard
>  > drive space, let's use it!
>  >
>  > John, any way to combine squid and STN??  I know the guys over at FreeSCO
>  > did it, albeit with DNS problems!!
>  >
>  >      --==jb==--
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  > John Burton
>  > Midwest City, Oklahoma
>  > http://sxs.sandbox.dynip.com
>  >
>  >
>  >  > -----Original Message-----
>  >  > From: Craig Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>  >  > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 17:32
>  >  > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >  > Subject: RE: [STN] The floppy thing ...
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  > I really like this idea, one single floppy still, no cd's to
>  >  > burn, no mucking about with switching disks....
>  >  >
>  >  > Plug the boot disk into a box with a floppy drive and a
>  >  > harddrive, a NIC and another NIC or Modem, auto detect the
>  >  > cards, have one of them offer a webinterface to setup from. You
>  >  > could upload the files off your Windows box, be it a tarball or
>  >  > other file format, and it would only be limited by the size of
>  >  > harddrive.
>  >  > --
>  >  >
>  >  > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 04:44:18
>  >  >  Mark Haas wrote:
>  >  > >John,
>  >  > >
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