Re: Computer sharing problems

["Steve Poling" <sdpoling@xxxxxxxx>]

I recommend a similar lashup. but with 2 dedicated machines. basically, I'd
find a closet in which a 386 lies dormant. then I"d put Linux on that and
make it my gateway/proxyserver w/ IP Masq then I'd tell sister to pony up a
few bucks for parts you can use to build a dedicated ICQ machine for her. if
you go command-line Linux, the ICQ box shouldn't be too expensive, maybe
another surplus 486, idunno. i know that QNX had a single-disk demo
consisting of a full QNX OS plus a browser. It was pretty impressive, but if
your sister's chatting could be satisfied with a single boot floppy system,
you could be talking some seriously light-weight hardware needs.

pity the i-opener folks are such jerks. you could get one of those for $99
and go from there. you know, if you're willing to hardware-hack, that could
be fun. get the closet machine to serve as a gateway, and then use the
i-opener as a dumb terminal that boots off your main linux box.
theoretically possible, but a difficult hack.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Smith" <bruce@armintl.com>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: Computer sharing problems


> > ...
> > So, what I was wondering is, how feasible would it be to build another
> > computer (at as low cost as possible), and then somehow network the two
> > and use my main machine (which is a dual Win95 and RedHat) for a proxy
> > server?
> >
> > Or would it be better to just use the slower, cheaper one with a
> > strictly Linux OS as a proxy or something, connect that one to the ISDN
> > line, and have dial-on-demand from the bigger, dual boot box?
>
> At my house, my Linux PC serves as a proxy server and a IP Masquerading
> server for my wife's Windows NT box, and my laptop when I plug it in.
> It also runs demand dialing and print services for the NT box.
>
> I only have a dialup connection to the internet, but it's usually
> good enough for two PC's.
>
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> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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