Re: a good general book on networking

[Alan Mead <adm ipat com>]

At 02:41 PM 9/27/99 -0500, Hanigan Family wrote:

>computer. We need to replace the existing system and I would
>like to understand how networking cards work versus dumb terminals
>that just log on. Also need to gain some idea of how you set it up.

Linda,

There is a fair amount of information about ethernet networks available
on-line like:

http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.html
http://www.linksys.com/support/faqs/default.htm

Using red hat Linux, small networks are very easy to set up.  You need to
buy a hub (or switch) with enough ports for all computers and an ethernet
card and cable for each computer.You install the ethernet card, plug each
computer into a hub, install Linux on each computer, and answer the network
questions.  You may also need to set-up and configure DNS but if all the
machines are Linux, you can probably get by just listing each host in the
hosts file.  Small, simple networks can really be that easy.

And if dumb terminals have worked so far, Linux can also support them
(probably) or old PCs can be used as dumb terminals.

-Alan


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