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Old 06-29-2003, 09:51 AM
 
lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)


Currently on my home network there is 3 computers sharing an ADSL
connection which is all working perfectly. I recently added an
'incomming connections', setup a username and password and ticked all
options to allow access to my LAN/file sharing etc. When I use my
laptop at a remote location to dial into my network my home network sets
the IP ok and as far as internet surfing goes it all works fine.

The problem is that I cant see the other computers on the lan that I am
dialed into and cant share files, any suggestions?

Jason

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Old 07-01-2003, 12:40 AM
 
Pete M
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What OS?

In W2K, in dial-in server setup, check the box "Allow callers access to my
local network".

In NT4, "Enable IP Forwarding" in TCP/IP properties.

In 98, no obvious equivalent to the above. Maybe it just defaults on?

Cheers,

Pete M

"lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)" <"lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)"@dodo.com.au> wrote in
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> Currently on my home network there is 3 computers sharing an ADSL
> connection which is all working perfectly. I recently added an
> 'incomming connections', setup a username and password and ticked all
> options to allow access to my LAN/file sharing etc. When I use my
> laptop at a remote location to dial into my network my home network sets
> the IP ok and as far as internet surfing goes it all works fine.
>
> The problem is that I cant see the other computers on the lan that I am
> dialed into and cant share files, any suggestions?
>
> Jason
>
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Old 09-13-2003, 01:59 PM
 
lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)
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G'day all, I have recently come into possesion of an Inten PC Server
704, Quad P200 server with 12 scsii drives and 1gig of ram. It is going
to be mostly used in a home environment as a main file server on both my
existing cat5 network and my wireless network.

So I guess my main question is what software/OS would you recommend I
use on this system?

Thanks in advance

Jason

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Old 09-13-2003, 03:21 PM
 
Leythos
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)"
<"lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)"@dodo.com.au> says...
> G'day all, I have recently come into possesion of an Inten PC Server
> 704, Quad P200 server with 12 scsii drives and 1gig of ram. It is going
> to be mostly used in a home environment as a main file server on both my
> existing cat5 network and my wireless network.
>
> So I guess my main question is what software/OS would you recommend I
> use on this system?


If you can afford it - Windows 2000 will work well for a home
environment with that hardware - so will Windows NT 4 Server.

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Old 09-13-2003, 04:34 PM
 
David H. Lipman
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Win2K Server.

Dave

"lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)" <"lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)"@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
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| G'day all, I have recently come into possesion of an Inten PC Server
| 704, Quad P200 server with 12 scsii drives and 1gig of ram. It is going
| to be mostly used in a home environment as a main file server on both my
| existing cat5 network and my wireless network.
|
| So I guess my main question is what software/OS would you recommend I
| use on this system?
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Jason
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Old 09-13-2003, 04:35 PM
 
David H. Lipman
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NT4 server is no longer supported as of July 1, 2003.

Dave

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| If you can afford it - Windows 2000 will work well for a home
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Old 09-13-2003, 04:45 PM
 
CJT
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lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM) wrote:

> G'day all, I have recently come into possesion of an Inten PC Server
> 704, Quad P200 server with 12 scsii drives and 1gig of ram. It is going
> to be mostly used in a home environment as a main file server on both my
> existing cat5 network and my wireless network.
>
> So I guess my main question is what software/OS would you recommend I
> use on this system?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jason
>

I know some people won't want to hear this here, but Solaris (if it
supports your hardware) or Linux are the way to go. They're both a
lot cheaper than anything you'll get from Microsoft, and are rock
solid. Plus, you might find you like them so well that you migrate
the rest of your stuff.

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Old 09-13-2003, 05:22 PM
 
Al Dykes
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, CJT <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM) wrote:
>
>> G'day all, I have recently come into possesion of an Inten PC Server
>> 704, Quad P200 server with 12 scsii drives and 1gig of ram. It is going
>> to be mostly used in a home environment as a main file server on both my
>> existing cat5 network and my wireless network.
>>
>> So I guess my main question is what software/OS would you recommend I
>> use on this system?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Jason
>>

>I know some people won't want to hear this here, but Solaris (if it
>supports your hardware) or Linux are the way to go. They're both a
>lot cheaper than anything you'll get from Microsoft, and are rock
>solid. Plus, you might find you like them so well that you migrate
>the rest of your stuff.
>


Is "Inten" a typo ? I think you mean Intel. They made some nice OEM
multiprocessor servers. IBM made a pentuim 704 server. Go to the
manufacturer's support web site and see what operating systems they
supported on this box and try to download the raid drivers and
anyoperating system patches and add-ons.

I doubt that the free version of Solaris supports multiprocessor
systems, but Solaris with Samba would be a great choice.

NT 4.0/Server 4.0 may support a 4 CPU system but it isn't free. Keep
an eye on ebay, you may find a copy. I wounl avoid an OEN copy
as it's apt to be tailored to a specific brand of server.
I think w2k and XP/pro only support 2 CPUs.

This is an oldie. The MP architecture may need special drivers. You
have to identify the driver software for your raid and find a copy for
the OS you are interested in. You can probably get Linux running.

Do you have any idea what the electric bill is to keep this
puppy running ? If you have air conditioning, you pay twice,
at least in the summer. In the winter you'll spend a little less
on gas or oil.

Maye it's me, but I don't find this hardware that interesting.
4x200 is still a lot less cycles than an AMD 2200 Athlon,
and a uniprocessor will blow away a MP of slower CPUs because
there is less overhead (drastic simplification but I doubt
that you're running a multithreaded application full time)

I bet the disks are 4GB drives, so raided together you get about 40GB.
A pair of modern 60GB disks in a mirror setup will be much faster for
most work. Use an IDE disk raid disk controller or use a mobo that
has onboard raid.

Put up on ebay. Someone that runs lots of them may e looking
for spare parts.

This would be a nice lab machine to learn Linux on. Building a kernal
that supports all the features would be a nice project, but not
something you want to do an a box you want to be stable and always up.

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Old 09-13-2003, 05:29 PM
 
Leythos
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In article <FHH8b.667$(E-Mail Removed)>,
DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net says...
> NT4 server is no longer supported as of July 1, 2003.
>
> Dave
>
> "Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> | If you can afford it - Windows 2000 will work well for a home
> | environment with that hardware - so will Windows NT 4 Server.


He's running a Pentium Pro 200 (quad) - NT 4 was a great OS on those
machines. While it may not be supported, for a home server it should be
just fine. I bet he can even find NT4 with a 5 CAL license for under
$100 on the net.

Windows 2000 Server (standard) will also support 4 CPU's and would run
quite well on that system.

As for Linux, as long as you compile the OS for multiple CPU's (and I'm
not sure what you have to do for 4 CPU's, if anything), it would be a
good machine too - it's old enough that there should be enough support
for it.

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Old 09-13-2003, 06:30 PM
 
Joe Halpin
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"lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)" <"lostsoul1972(ANTISPAM)"@dodo.com.au> writes:

> G'day all, I have recently come into possesion of an Inten PC Server
> 704, Quad P200 server with 12 scsii drives and 1gig of ram. It is
> going to be mostly used in a home environment as a main file server
> on both my existing cat5 network and my wireless network.
>
> So I guess my main question is what software/OS would you recommend
> I use on this system?


In addition to the other answers you've gotten to this, what OS are
you comfortable with? If you're at all familiar with unix-type
systems, FreeBSD (or any of the other *BSD systems) would also be
worth looking at.

http://www.freebsd.org/

Joe
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