small network

[Cyber Source]

If you need to have windows, you could run VMware on all the boxes and 
run windows as a guest OS inside of Linux!

Advent Systems wrote:

> Dave,
>     When you say:
>
>If you have a Linux only network,  NFS is simplest, if you have a mixed
>windows/Linux then samba is probably the better route, as there isn't' a decent
>FREE NFS client for windows that works worth a damn.
>
>Do you mean I would have to remove windows completely from the machines on the network?  I could not do that with all the boxes, but if NFS is MUCH simpler then Samba I could take one of the machines off the network and use it to run its windows programs stand-alone.  So I guess the question is how much simpler or better is NFS compared to Samba? 
>
>Regarding:
> 
>depends on what you want to do. If all the stuff that you want accessible by
>the other machines is located on 1 box, then make that one hte serve,  if all
>the machines have stuff that the others need to get to,  then they should all
>be setup to serve. (think it out,  sometimes sketching it out on a paper ahead
>of time helps, and consistently implementing it across the machines makes it
>easier to troubleshoot and manage later..)
>  
>
> Are there any benefits to making one box the dedicated server?  It 
> would be far nicer for me if all my machines could share files amongst 
> themselves.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Randal
>
> Dave Andruczyk wrote:
>
>>--- Advent Systems <adventsystems at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Hello All & Happy Holidays,
>>>    I know this can get long and involved and I by no means want you 
>>>guys to do my homework for me, just let me know if I'm on the right 
>>>track.   I have (4) pc's and (1) laptop.  After spending 1-2 hrs. on the 
>>>Internet researching I ran my cable, plugged them in, loaded my firewall 
>>>software,  and clicking my mouse about 12 times at each box and my 
>>>network was up and running, including wireless access for my laptop!   
>>>In trying to get the boxes networked with Linux I',I've spent easily 100 
>>>hours "surfing" (I use different distros and everyone seems to approach 
>>>it and place network files and commands differently) I've purchased (3) 
>>>books ( $100+)  and after months I can now ping each machine!  
>>>Questions: 1.) Do I need or "should" I run the same distro on each box, 
>>>I know it sound stupid but hey! 
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Nope,  you can run whatever distro you want,  but when learnig keeping them all
>>the same can sometimes make it easier, as not every distro configures the
>>intefaces the same way.
>>
>> 2.) What do I "need" to share my files 
>>  
>>
>>>amongst my boxes w/o unduly exposing them to the Internet, ie. NSF, NIS, 
>>>Samba,Firewall, etc. 
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>If you have a linux only network,  NFS is simplest, if you have a mixed
>>windows/linux then samba is probbaly the better route, as there isnt' a decent
>>FREE NFS client for windows that works worth a damn.
>>
>>3.) Do I need to setup one box as a dedicated 
>>  
>>
>>>server and the balance of the boxes as clients?
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>depends on what you want to do. If all the stuff that you want accessible by
>>the other machines is located on 1 box, then make that one hte serve,  if all
>>the machines have stuff that the others need to get to,  then they should all
>>be setup to serve. (think it out,  sometimes sketching it out on a paper ahead
>>of time helps, and consistently implementing it across the machiens makes it
>>easier to troubleshoot and manage later..)
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Again I don't need a step by step here.  I'm willing to put in the time 
>>>It's just that its getting ridiculous and want to make sure I'm going in 
>>>the right direction.  To Illustrate how bad it is I have NO boxes 
>>>running Linux at  all right now  ( my boxes are all duel boot w/win2k) 
>>>because  of my file sharing requirements.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>
>>=====
>>Dave J. Andruczyk
>>
>>
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