Hi Charlie, OK; wow! Then that is very very understandable. NetWare 3.11 certainly is way out of date, and an upgrade is not worthwhile for a small organizational network. Linux is thus your best choice, and you're receiving excellent advice from others. I'd recommend using a real hardware solution for the firewall if at all possible, but setting up Samba for sharing and something for mail, etc on the Linux box. While Linux is very very capable as a firewall in as far as its flexibility, I don't like to see critical network infrastructure running on a box that performs a number of other functions. There's just too much room for a complete disaster. Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:41 PM Subject: Re: Network conversion contract possible > OUr Nevell is on a server that will soon enough die from old eage. We > relly don't have the network softeare anymore and so don't want to buy a > new Novell. We have 3.11 running. > > -- charie. > On Mon, 5 May 2003, Darrell Shandrow > wrote: > > > Hi Charles, > > > > Why would you want to get rid of Novell? I can see why you would want to > > use Linux as a mail and web server, but Novell is a perfectly good > > networking platform, and there's no need in breaking things if they don't > > need to be fixed. I just completed a Novell class about eight weeks ago, > > and I was actually quite impressed. The version of NetWare on which I > > learned was 5.1. Are you looking for some functionality that you feel > > Novell just doesn't provide? > > > > Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! > > Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! > > A+, CCNA, Network+! > > Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i > > All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 3:42 AM > > Subject: Network conversion contract possible > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I am considering what might be involved in taking down our Novell > > > network and replacing it with a Linux server. We will have up to 15 work > > > stations running Windows and Dos and some Linux apps. If anyone can > > > educate me to all that might be involved in this, and if I determine that > > > it is a plus for us to do it, then I will develop a contract offering for > > > the work. In such an event, then I would suspect that someone on this > > > list with the knowledge could do the work remotely. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- Charlie Crawford > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
