NP> Sitting your windows machines behind a Linux server seems to
NP> block intruders.

NP> Yair... but how do you do that? You can run Linux out of
NP> Windows, but how do you run Windows out of Linux?

NP> One $275 machine sits there and acts as a Linux server with the
NP> modem attached to it. All other Win machines in the house are
NP> sitting behind it.

NP> Its a good way to make use of so called "old" computers

 My old 100MHz 486 is probably fast enough for simple Linux, but it's
ISA and the new one is PCI. John Tserk... Smith gave me a pair of ISA
ethenet cards, but where do I get a PCI network card that runs
ethernet? And where do I get a fast ISA modem? By the time I've spent
$200 I might as well buy a whole new box, and use *this* one as the
server.

 I'm not too happy with the idea of changing motherboards. I get into
enough trouble commissioning a brand-new "allegedly working" computer.

Regards,
Bob

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