[Wylug-help] Networking

[Steve King]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, chris McGough wrote:

> Hi wylug,
>
> 1, Would it be a better option to have my RedHat box as the Host, because of
> viruses and been more stable.

You're asking if you should use linux on a linux user group? Of course
the answer is yes! :-)

Yes it's more stable, and yes it's less prone to viruses. I look after
about 50 XP machines, and I can tell you taht they are are no where
close to being as stable as the linux machines here. They need rebooting
every few days due to XP's inability to manage the memory properly

> 2,I have a cross-over cat5 cable linking them up, via my adapter cards is
> this the correct cable.

Yup, that's right

> 3,Is this something someone so new to linux can achieve, I've had a go but
> was unable to connect them up.

What do you mean by "connect them up"? Do you mean in a windows sense
that computer1 can see the files on computer2 using network
neighbourhood, or do you mean share the internet connection, or do you
mean both?

>
> I hope this makes sense to you, I have bought a book on ReHat by Chris Negus
> but it is a steep learning curve so I thought I'd give your site a look see
> for advice as well.

I really really suggest "Running Linux", ISBN 1-56592-469-x

> God this has worn me out, hope to hear from you soon.

Good luck,

Steve

> Thanx
> Chris
>
>
>
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