Re: Pentium 90 64 Mo in home network - what to do with it?
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 10:34:47AM +0200, Jerome Lacoste (Frisurf) wrote:
>
> Hei,
>
> A friend of mine is going to have a broadband connection at home. He
> already has a Pentium II 350 Mhz that he uses as desktop and server
> running Red Hat. He uses the machine for some personal development and
> wants to use it as a web/file server once he gets his broadband
> connection at the end of the month. The Red Hat machine is in his
> basement, and he will use it as a gateway for the laptop running WXP he
> got from his work, so that he can surf from his apartment while hiding
> geek stuff away from his computer unfriendly girl-friend :)
>
> He managed to get hold on a pentium 90 with 64 Mo and a 3 Go Hard disks.
> He is interested in loading Debian on it, but we don't have a perfect
> use for it right now.
>
> If he uses the new machine as file/web server, the small hard disk
> capacity will limit it. He can limit its use for NAT/forewall etc.. and
> use his current server as file/web server. But then he needs to have
> both machines on all the time.
Is there a problem with having both machines on all the time?
>
> We are trying to find a use for this machine.
> I had two ideas:
> - backup/replicate of the server (in case)
> - honey pot but I don't think he will be interested in it.
>
> Any other idea?
>
> Jerome
>
>
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