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Servers + Switches

  • 07-04-2004 11:49pm
    #1
    BoB_BoT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,
    Have got a couple of questions that if people can help me out with i'd appreciate.

    I want to connect a couple of machines to the internet, so what I'm going to do is get a 24port switch and connect them though that to each other. But I want to connect these to the net, so I'm going to need a server. All the server needs to do is connect the other machines to the net via the dsl modem. I was thinking about using a router, but is it possable to link the 24 port switch to the router without it screwing up or decreasing performance?

    What type of server would you recommend? And is it easy to set up / maintain?

    What spec machine to act as server?

    What OS to use on the server? If it's linux, can you recommend some dsl modems that are supported by linux and easy enough to configure.

    What Switch? I was looking about and noticed that dell sell them pretty cheap, but there's the choice between a 24port 10/100 switch and a 24port 10/100 + 1 Port Gigabit.
    Is it worth the €100 difference for that 1 port and how exactly does it work?


    Thanks for any help/advice you can give,
    Rob


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  • #2
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    It a simple setup so what i would do is have normal peer-to-peer network....and use one of the machines for the internet gateway. You can get proxy software that will allow you to share the internet connection. Set all the other computers to go out through this machine and you should be sorted


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I'd recommend getting a DSL router, they're not that expensive. Then you won't need to leave a gateway PC turned on all the time. Just plug the router into your switch and either use its DHCP or set up your own addressing and use the router as the default gateway.
    Edit: unless you happen to have an ethernet DSL modem, get a router with the modem built in. A lot of the cheaper routers are just "gateways" which require an ethernet dsl modem to be connected to them.


  • #4
    Jaden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Jaden


    IpCop would do this. Essentially, it would be a low spec PC (pentium or pentium II, 200Mhz or so, but anything bigger would be fine), with two network cards, or one network card and a USB DSL modem. Download the ISO from:

    http://www.ipcop.org

    Burn it to CD.

    Fit the DSL modem to the PC in question, with a network card in it too. (If the DSL modem is ethernet, use two network cards and then later, use a CAT5 cable to connect into one of them).

    Put in the IpCop CD and boot.

    Install is just a case of following the instructions.


    IpCop is a Firewall/Router/DHCP server/Proxy Server.

    It creates a "Red" and a "Green" interface during install. The Red faces the internet, and the green faces your LAN. It allows complete control of what passes through from one to the other.

    This won't act as a file server, but it will take care of everything else related to internet access, and low level network administration.

    It's not as hard as you think. I would say it should take you an hour to get up and running. After that you can start to do the cool stuff. IpCop can do a shedload of things.

    PM me if you need a hand, or post back here.

    Rob.


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