On Wed, 9 May 2001, [iso-8859-1] James & Cyb�le wrote:
Hi All Hopefully a couple of easy ones....
1. When I restart the server (not unless I have to) I have to manaully do two things: firstly do route add default gw etc to let the network find the router and I have to mount all the CD images I have. Where do I put this info to boot automatically?
If you are using SuSE then the config is in /etc/route.conf, but it is simpler to set it using yast.
2. The school office has a small windows file and print sharing network and use modems to dial out to the net. Is it possible/easy/advisable to give them access through my ISDN router seeing as this is a prepaid 24/7 line.
The short answer is yes, but how practical it is depends on your network configuration (IP ranges etc.) and whether you want to keep the two networks independent. As an example, most of our secondary schools use this idea with two network cards in a linux proxy and the ISDN router on the office side. Both networks use private IP ranges and the linux box does *not* route between them. The router is set to use NAT to translate between the internal private IP and the external net. All PC's on both networks are set to use the linux box as proxy. This configuration has the advantage that if pupils try to bypass the filtering and logging in the proxy, then they lose their access completely. The proxy is also the mail server for the school's own domain. I don't know if this is useful - if you give us a bit more detail about how your network is set up now it would be easier.
thanks as always
James Carter South Lee School
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