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Installing Linux? (Beginer's Question)
For a new user of Linux, it's probably worth going to CompUSA and buying RedHat Personal 8.0 for $20 this week. You can always download more software as you learn more.- verit
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- Forum: Linux (client/desktop)
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Linux / Auto Sense
Krale, Once again, I appreciate your tips and wanted to give you an update. I decided to back up to some very basic configuration. First, I returned the switch to compusa and decided to make my network function with the Linksys router or else drop back to the hub configuration. To test the...- verit
- Post #5
- Forum: Linux (client/desktop)
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Linux / Auto Sense
krale, I'll try to answer some of the questions you raised. I don't think I have any active filters set except perhaps inbound from the Internet on the smoothwall firewall system. I took the Linksys router completely out of the network. It used to just route traffic directly to my cable modem...- verit
- Post #3
- Forum: Linux (client/desktop)
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Linux / Auto Sense
My home network has 3 main systems 1. SuSE 8.1 with a Linksys 10/100 NIC Card 2. WindowsXP with a Netgear 10/100 NIC card 3. Smoothwall v2.0 (Linux based firewall) All work well when the systems are connected to an old 10baseT hub. If I replace the hub with a switch (netgear) or a router...- verit
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