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[Cyber Source]

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Advent Systems wrote:

> Well I don't need it on all the boxes but there are a couple programs 
> that I need to run on windows, but as I replied somewhere else I could 
> keep a stand-alone machine just running windows.  I have heard a lot 
> of great stuff about VMware and your suggestion sound great but I 
> heard it's expensive?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Randal
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>>  
>>>>
>>>
>>