Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #167741

Re: Creating a home network

Show all headers | View raw

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 09:32:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Underlying question: What should I be reading?
> 
> I wish a blackbox which:
> 
> 1. Connects 4 local machines via Ethernet [WiFi shall *NOT* be considered]
>     A. A desktop with WinXP and multiple versions of Debian
>     B. A laptop with WinXP Pro SP3 whose reason for existence is running
> SeaMonkey.
>        Historically it is/was my primary machine. Its future is as a
> portable.
>     C. A laptop dedicated to Linux experiments. I have erased the HDD as
> many as
>        ten times in one week ;/
>     D. Misc temporarily connected laptops.

A reliable 8 port gigabit switch costs about $20-25. That plus
some cables connects everything up.


> 2. It shall provide multiple USB ports in order that a selection of flash
> dives
>     and a 1 TB HDD can be accessed by any machine.
> 3. It *SHALL* connect to the internet via a T-Mobile 4G Hotspot Z915
> connected
>     via USB. The WiFi features have been disabled. I really wanted a USB
> cell network
>     modem. The local T-Mobile outlet was only vendor that didn't try
> assaulting me with
>     their 'smartphone-du-jour' with an atrociously large data plan. this
> connection
>     shall be protected by a firewall.
> 
> How broke will I be?

Sounds like a very small 1TB disk Debian box running iptables.
If you want to buy a refurbished computer, $100-200 will cover
it easily. If you want to build a new one from parts, NewEgg will sell
you a bundle of everything for about $240 - case, power supply,
motherboard, processor, RAM, disk.

Alternatively you could buy a small laptop with a 1TB disk. That
gives you most of the above plus a built-in UPS and console.

-dsr-

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Creating a home network Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-05-11 16:40 +0200
  Re: Creating a home network "heqamilus@runbox.com" <heqamilus@runbox.com> - 2016-05-11 18:50 +0200
  Re: Creating a home network Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-05-11 19:10 +0200
  Re: Creating a home network Peter Ludikovsky <peter@ludikovsky.name> - 2016-05-11 19:20 +0200
    Re: Creating a home network Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-05-11 20:40 +0200
      Re: Creating a home network mett <mett@pmars.jp> - 2016-05-12 16:50 +0200
        Re: Creating a home network Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-05-12 20:10 +0200
          Re: Creating a home network メット <mett@pmars.jp> - 2016-05-13 01:30 +0200
            Re: Creating a home network Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-05-14 14:10 +0200

csiph-web