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Re: Information on setting up a Linux server

From Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
Subject Re: Information on setting up a Linux server
Date 2013-11-15 14:03 -0500
Organization National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Message-ID <alpine.LNX.2.02.1311151402350.24315@darkstar.example.org> (permalink)
References <75qvod$hlh$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <a01a2e8a-08d3-4365-b07e-1dc241f9006f@googlegroups.com>

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On Fri, 15 Nov 2013, amittal123@gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, December 23, 1998 1:30:00 PM UTC+5:30, vas...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>> Hi! I'm Vasu from Chandigarh, India. I am running a public web browser (a
>> small cyber-cafe) here. The setup includes one server and five clients. About
>> six months back I had started working on Linux and since then I had decided
>> to power my server with Linux instead of win NT on which it was previously
>> running. Now I'm half way on setting up my Linux server. I am using Redhat
>> 5.0 with kernel 2.0.35. I have recompiled my kernel with all the nessasary
>> supports like ip-masqurade, firewalling etc built in. Now finally i need the
>> information on how to get it running with win95 clients. Do i need any
>> additionl software to set up interaction between my Linux server and the
>> win95 clients? If anybody can provide me with some information on this do
>> mail to me. If you can then also try to give me some detailed guidelines on
>> how to go about the configuration or else tell me about some sites providing
>> information on this.  Regards  Pankaj
>>
>> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
>> http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
> well you may use Linux server as a gateway to all your machines in your cafe for internet access, internet sharing, fileserver, internet caching to accelerate internet connection and save bandwidth.
>
Sure, and dejanews hasn't existed in more than a decade, the post is dated 
1998 (just short of 15 years ago) and  "RedHat 5" should be a giveaway if 
none of the other clues hit you on the head to tell you that this post was 
old and shouldn't be replied to.

   Michael

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Re: Information on setting up a Linux server amittal123@gmail.com - 2013-11-15 01:55 -0800
  Re: Information on setting up a Linux server Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-11-15 14:03 -0500
    Re: Information on setting up a Linux server Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-11-15 23:14 +0000

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