Any (Free) on-line references/books on Network setup?

I find myself asking a lot of questions and scanning Google too much.

Can anyone point me to a easy to use/understand reference on setting up a
Linux server in server/gateway mode.
Behind the server are some Windows PC's so something that may talk about
this kind os environment would be appreciated.

A class of some kind would be nice but time is an issue at the moment.

Thanks,
Alex


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"Alex J" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i meddelandet
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> I find myself asking a lot of questions and scanning Google too much.
>
> Can anyone point me to a easy to use/understand reference on setting up a
> Linux server in server/gateway mode.
> Behind the server are some Windows PC's so something that may talk about
> this kind os environment would be appreciated.
>
> A class of some kind would be nice but time is an issue at the moment.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>

The distro Smoothwall is a complete firewall and router,try it out.

Here in comp.os.linux.networking,
"Alex J" <(E-Mail Removed)> spake unto us, saying:

>I find myself asking a lot of questions and scanning Google too much.
>
>Can anyone point me to a easy to use/understand reference on setting up a
>Linux server in server/gateway mode.

There are a number of specialized Linux distributions which are quite
easy to set up and configure and which are specifically for use as a
firewall. Perhaps one of those could streamline the process?

The one I use is here:

http://www.coyotelinux.com

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