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Re: feasability check - P133 as router/server
- To: Alon Altman <alon(at-nospam)vipe.technion.ac.il>
- Subject: Re: feasability check - P133 as router/server
- From: Dani Arbel <darbel(at-nospam)techunix.technion.ac.il>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 07:56:43 +0300 (IDT)
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On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Alon Altman wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm planning a network connection at home for my 3 PCs. I would like to
> head your advice whether or not my plan is feasable, and will it work well.
> I plan to have a P133 with 48Mb ran 40Gb HD (5400RPM) be a server/ router/
> firewall for an ADSL connection. It would be connected with one NIC to a
> switch.
> To the switch I'll connect the ADSL modem (Orckit) and the two
> workstations (Lin/Win dual boot).
>
> The P133 should also serve as a printer server for an HP710 printer and a
> SMABA/NFS server for file sharing. It may also run a very small web server
> and several minimal shell accounts.
>
> My questions are:
> 1) Is the P133 with 48Mb of RAM strong enough for this plan?
It should be enough, but you would rather plan on minimum 64 Mb RAM, and
forget about X on the router.
> 2) Can the HP710 printer be shared for linux/windows use easily?
I did it with HP720 . CUPS has a ready driver so you should have no
problem.
> 3) Is the switch with one NIC configration for the router OK?
Yes, see the details in the HOWTO
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alon
>
Dani
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