thanks Darrell. -- charlie. On Tue, 6 May 2003, Darrell Shandrow wrote: > 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 way out of date, and an upgrade is not worthwhile for a small organizational 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 at acb.org> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
