Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Thu, 01 Mar 2001 12:44:34AM -0800):
> I plan to net 2 other computers to this computer. My DSL service
> requires pop3 so I assume that I will have to use that for dsl and
> assume I can use any type of mail for the netted computers.
my question was whether you want to run a local pop3 mail server,
which i doubt you will want to. your provider can't "require pop3",
that's wrong. you will be perfectly able to connect to yahoo mail
and/or pop3 providers out there. in fact, your provider will give you
pop3 accounts on its mail server.
> > - smtp yes
> > - proxy services? yes
> > - NAT? yes
>
> Don't understand what NAT is...
network address translation: one official IP address, several
computers on a private network like 192.168.1.0. the router that does
NAT forwards requests of the internal machines to the internet, and
properly directs responses from the net back to the client where the
request came from.
> > - DNS? no
>
> Ditto for DNS... (I'm looking really ignorant here... mostly because I am.)
could provide a naming scheme for your internal computers. don't do it
if you don't know it, it can be quite complicated. use /etc/hosts
instead.
> > - DHCP? no
>
> Again? Ditto Ditto
explained in another thread: dynamic ip addresses.
> > hda2 <swap> your RAM size
> Docs say not much value to go above 64... Would you give me your thoughts,
> experiences?
i have 256 Mb of RAM and 256 Mb of swap. unless you are using some of
the early 2.0.x kernels which had disabled paging algorithms, too much
can not hurt.
> > > I would like advice about keeping W95.
> >
> > no! why?
>
> Tickles the heck out of me...
well. i'd ditch it for good and forever.
> Sorry, I wasn't clear... I wondering about potato and woody and such.
ah. run with potato for now, just to be sure. you can always upgrade
later. but people on this list will have more experience with potato.
> > we're envious. even installing debian is fun!
>
> Boy, Howdy... Not so sure that I can appreciate that yet. As with anything
> unexplored/experienced, I tend to be cautious/apprehensive. Sometimes I just
> close my eyes and jump.
good call. just don't screw anything up.
martin
[greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net
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breakfast.com halted - cereal port not responding.
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