[Blackburn] A few questions

[Matt Wright]

Hi,

I've got pretty much an exact setup of what you've just asked here at my
place. I have BTOpenworld Home 500 (or whatever its called) which has a
dynamic IP address. However it doesn't change that much, probably once every
month or so. My DNS host for my website supports dynamic update so I do that
to keep my web presence.

However the modem that BT supplied is a Speedtouch USB (little green frog
thing) and I've got quite skilled in the past year or so at getting them to
work in linux. I have a spare PCI USB controller that you're welcome to
purchase off me (couple of quid, not a lot) and I can give you help getting
the modem running in linux (this is assuming you have a speedtouch)

By way of your P333, I hosted my website, email, ftp, and goodness knows
what else quite easily off a P266 with 128mb and 3 incredibly slow 2gb hard
drives for over a year. If you're running Linux you don't really need to
ditch the P333.

Regards,

Matt

-- Quantum canis ille in fenestra est?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Konrad Dabrowski" <biology at qegs.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <blackburn at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:18 PM
Subject: [Blackburn] A few questions


> Hello everyone!
>
> As far as I know, I am the first user asking for help at BLUG.
>
> I have a few questions, which are at least mildly GNU/Linux related:
>
> 1. I want to get ADSL. I am on an exchange that will let me do this with
> a maximum download speed of 512K/sec and an unknown amount of maximum
> upload.
> I would like to get a web server running, so I would need a static IP. I
> don't care about getting extra e-mail addresses and other random 'gifts'
> like that and I don't need them. Can you advise me on an ISP to use, as
> I have yet to find one that claims to support Linux. Price is
> the most important thing to me, after getting a static IP address.
>
> 2. I would like to get ADSL going directly into my Debian Linux box (a
> PI 133MHZ) and then distributed on a network to my other PC(s). Does
> anyone know of a suitable and as-cheap-as possible ethernet
> modem/router? The only one I have found so far was in PC World and cost
> £100, which I think is a bit expensive. My debian box has no USB port
> and I don't want to be messing around struggling to get USB to work on
> another machine.
>
> 3. I know nothing about networks and would like to connect my
> Windows/Red Hat box to my Debian box (preferably through a switchbox).
> Could someone please tell me how to do this. I have 2 network cards and
> can get hold of ethernet cables quite easily.
>
> 4. My PII 333MHz box is getting quite old now. Can anyone advise me on
> where I can get something somewhat newer, but not necessarily
> bleeding-edge that doesn't cost a huge amount?
>
> Thanks very much for your help
> Konrad Dabrowski
>
> P.S. What happened at the meeting.
>
>
>
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