[techtalk] Setting up a LAN in a cashpoor office (fwd)

[Carla Schroder]

Oh my gawd, you actually followed advice you got here?? And it WORKED?
woohoo!  Dang, you're good.  :)

Thanks for the followup, success stories are good.

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On 29 Jul 2001 20:48:16 -0400, Jennifer Davis wrote:
> This is a folow-up on this project I have been working on.
> 
> The server is working.  
> 
> I have a domain set up and all 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 18:37:53 +0100
> From: Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com>
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: RE: [techtalk] Setting up a LAN in a cashpoor office
> 
> HI Jennifer,
> 
> Use Webmin for your administrative chores, including disk quotas, remote
> administration, and user authentication. www.webmin.com.
> 
> mySQL/PHP is the dyn-o-mite combination for databasing, it should be more
> than adequate for a library catalogue. Skillions o good tutorials. Webmin
> has a module for mySQL. Good starting point is http://www.mysql.com/doc/
> 
> Here's the oldtimer's way to do backups:
> http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-07/guru_01.html
> 
> Bru is good, but I don't know if they even exist anymore. It was weak on
> network backups anyway.
> 
> cheers,
> Carla
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org
> [mailto:techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 4:07 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: [techtalk] Setting up a LAN in a cashpoor office
> 
> 
> I have been given the task to set up a LAN in an office of a non-profit
> organisation.  Actually, a friend volunteered me for it.  I think their
> budget for this is like $200-$300.
> 
> Basically, they have 8 Windows 95 computers in their office that all dial
> out to the internet.  I imagine that they don't have 8
> licences for these computers and they should consider a
> cheaper alternative, but that is not my problem.
> 
> I was thinking that I could emulate my network at home in
> their office.  Fortunately, I have a couple of 486s lying around that I
> have no use for.  I know I can get used 3C509 10base2 cards for them for
> about $5.00
> each.  Cable, caps and Ts won't be that expensive.  Slackware for the
> server is a must as it is the distribution I know the best.
> 
> I just have a few questions.  I am not super knowledgeble about this
> whole Linux thing.  I've only been a user for a year and a bit.  They want
> a library catalogue on the server.  I was thinking of setting them up with
> an
> SQL type server.  I have never worked on the server side of it.  What do I
> need?  Are there good web resources out there?  How do I set quotas for
> the users?  How do I set dialup for the server so I can connect to it
> remotely, because I know I am going to need to?  Finally, a topic that is
> on other people's minds...What would be the easiest solution for backing
> up?  Had they a high speed connection, I would NFS mount their server and
> burn a CD of the home and var directories once or twice a week.
> 
> Nothing here seems to be over my head.  It's just that I haven't done some
> of theses things before.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
> 
> Jennifer
> 
> 
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