Hi -
We just bought a new dual 1.42 ghz powermac G4 and OSX server for our network basically because we have no racks at all and the Apple Care for the hardware is much cheaper. Our network right now consists of 12 WinXP boxes and one NT4 machine hooked up to one router with two network printers - No mac clients for now. If the mac server holds up then half of the win boxes will be replaced by macs though due to virus and security issues.
Anyway, I was wondering if you could give me any tips or advice (or places to get it) before the machine comes (like what other hardware or software I may need). I never set up a server in my life though we basically want File Sharing, Print Sharing, share our database, authentication, and DHCP to work initially and then build on that with possibly a website or more advanced databases. We are hooked up through a business cable modem and 5 or so computers are on an 802.11b network through an access point.
The big problem I am also facing is that we are subleasing part of the building and I need to have our services all working and secure while still allowing them to have internet access and access to eachother's computers.
Once again, if you could give me any advice (and I do mean anything from basic setup of switches to php user authentication) or turn me to places where I may I would really appreciate it. I've been reading the boards a lot and already own OSX so Im somewhat familiar with the terminal. Thanks again.
We just bought a new dual 1.42 ghz powermac G4 and OSX server for our network basically because we have no racks at all and the Apple Care for the hardware is much cheaper. Our network right now consists of 12 WinXP boxes and one NT4 machine hooked up to one router with two network printers - No mac clients for now. If the mac server holds up then half of the win boxes will be replaced by macs though due to virus and security issues.
Anyway, I was wondering if you could give me any tips or advice (or places to get it) before the machine comes (like what other hardware or software I may need). I never set up a server in my life though we basically want File Sharing, Print Sharing, share our database, authentication, and DHCP to work initially and then build on that with possibly a website or more advanced databases. We are hooked up through a business cable modem and 5 or so computers are on an 802.11b network through an access point.
The big problem I am also facing is that we are subleasing part of the building and I need to have our services all working and secure while still allowing them to have internet access and access to eachother's computers.
Once again, if you could give me any advice (and I do mean anything from basic setup of switches to php user authentication) or turn me to places where I may I would really appreciate it. I've been reading the boards a lot and already own OSX so Im somewhat familiar with the terminal. Thanks again.
I reformatted my old NT server, now it's a glorified MP3 player for the whole office.