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<DIV><FONT size=1>Hi guys;</FONT></DIV>
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Thanks for your promt answers to my questions. Can`t wait
comming home and start implementing...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1> As for a closer description of my 'network', the idea is
this: Two computers (one Linux, the other one </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1> Windows)being connected via a crossover cable without a
hub. At no stage do I want the Windows box to be connected to the Internet on
its own without a firewall, hence the idea of using the Linux machine as a
server. Well, that`s the idea. How good idea it is - that is really for
others to judge at this stage for I know very little about it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>However, that would be the background of the question I asked
yesterday: During the installation process which of the following options do I
select:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Web/FTP</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Mail/Groupware/News</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Database</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Firewall/Router</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>DND/NIS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Network Computer Server</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Something else came to my mind: Do I need a server at all for
what I am trying to do? Does the 'Workstation" option of Mandrake
Linux9.0 provide for a firewall if there is another computer networked to
it?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>I would not mind to get some enlightenment on that one
either.</FONT></DIV>
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Thanks</FONT></DIV>
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Milan Pospisil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>P.S . For a reference this is a copy of my e-mail
to PLUG from yesterday:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Hi all;</FONT><FONT
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Could I possibly get an advice how to change the resolution of my monitor (using
Mandrake 9.0)? Is there an equivalent of Ms Windows: Start -> Settings
->Control Panel -> Display -> Display properties -> Settings
hiding somewhere in the graphic interface system, or is the command line
the only answer?(I suppose it might be a good answer if one knows how to use
it). So far the only thing I managed to figure out would be to reinstall the
whole package, which seems to be a bit cumbersome at best. <BR>Well,
speaking of reinstallig - should it come to it for one reason or another and I
want to use my Linux<BR>machine as a server for a Ms Windows box hanging out of
it, where the Linux machine will be doing most of the work ie. surfing the
net, sending and receiving mail, downloading stuff etc. while the Windows box
will be used for communications with the unfortunate Microserfs who do not have
any other means and thus can not process any data beyond Microsoft
platform, which of the following server options do I choose:
Web/FTP<BR>
Mail/Groupware/News<BR>
Database<BR>
Firewall/Router<BR>
DNS/NIS<BR>
Network Computer Server<BR>Currently, not knowing what is it all about I have
ticked all of them. It works but how much of it is necessary for a dial up modem
connection is at this stage beyond
me.<BR><BR>
Thanks for any
help.<BR>
Regards:<BR>
Milan Pospisil<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>