hi folks :) i thought i'd ask for some advice on how to best approach this small problem of mine..
i have a smallish network of 30 computers which are currently on a Win2000 svr and sharing a windows-based dialup proxy for internet access.. there is also a windows-based mail server on the network.. very simple at the moment.. i m attempting to introduce linux into that environment becos i feel that this network will benefit from significant speed gains in improved web browsing, email services and also better security... my current thoughts are :- 1/ leaving the workstations running windows - only for the time being though until i can convince users of the advantages of using a superior o/s in my following points 2/ leaving the win2000 svr alone but introducing a samba server and gradually migrating files across to samba until enuff load has been shedded on the win2000 svr 3/ introducing a linux-based mail svr to replace the windows based one 4/ introducing a linux-based proxy to replace the windows based one 5/ introducing a linux-based firewall to provide good security as a relatively newcomer to linux.. i m curious to know what other folks are doing for smallish networks like my example... are there other things i should be considering?? i don't think a dhcp svr is reuired only becos i go around setting static IPs... thanks moses -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
