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EDIT: This HOWTO has now been re-written for Fedora Core 5 (18 Jun 2006).
G'day all,
Im currently drafting an installation guide to configure Linux as a networked home server with all the email, www, smtp, ftp, dns, dhcp, squid, mySQL, samba, NFS (etc) applications documented.
I have currently reached draft status on the first 7 (of 20 odd) chapters and am ready for interested parties to read/test it (there are some little sections still lacking).
Why in the Fedora forum? Because it has been drafted with FC3 specific configurations (yum, up2date, step-by-step install guide), and I would like these tested if possible. These distro specific sections will eventually be moved to annexes in later revisions, allowing it to be a more generic document supporting further distros (the plan anyway).
The HOWTO is currently located at http://www.brennan.id.au while it is being drafted and will be moved on completion.
I appreciate any feedback/comments on the document, particularly if the concepts are easy to read/understand by the newer members of the community.
The layout/format (html) still needs works.
Regard,
Miles Brennan
(aka BU)
EDIT: This HOWTO has now been re-written for Fedora Core 5 (18 Jun 2006).
It documents everything you need to connect to your ISP. ethernet/usb modem, bridged mode modem, pppoe, dynamic IP, Dynamic DNS, automating DDNS updates, firewall concepts, masquerading, and other various configs.
You should be able to throw in a CD, start your install, and finish with a fully installed home server (with all the apps configured and running). Thats the plan.
After the networking devices have been configured on the server, its time to start the interfaces to test if they are functioning. Network devices can be brought to the 'up' (active) state by using ether of the following two commands. Be sure to check the system log /var/log/messages to see if the devices are functioning as expected.
[bash]# ifup eth0
[bash]# ifconfig eth0 up
as i remeber "ifconfig eth0 up" will work only if u have static ip in ifcfg-eth0 file. so if ifcfg-eth0 says that get ip from dhcp server, this command wont work.
maybe im wrong. i cannot check it right now because i dont have dhcp server here.
Originally posted by maxut as i remeber "ifconfig eth0 up" will work only if u have static ip in ifcfg-eth0 file.
Thanks for the reply maxut,
There is an "ifconfig eth1 dynamic up" command a little lower, so it probably doesn't make sense where it is. I'll move that one up and rephrase it a little.
this is a very nice howto...although I have a question, if I network a windows XP pro box, to a fedora core 3 box, can I use the modem on the XP pro box with linux, if the modem is a winmodem or a software-modem?
what I mean by this is, can I have FC3 box tell the windows box to tell the modem to connect to my ISP?
Originally posted by jojotx0 this is a very nice howto...although I have a question, if I network a windows XP pro box, to a fedora core 3 box, can I use the modem on the XP pro box with linux, if the modem is a winmodem or a software-modem?
what I mean by this is, can I have FC3 box tell the windows box to tell the modem to connect to my ISP?
Can you please start a new thread in the networking section for this query.
I would like to keep this one on topic, and I need to devote my current time to the howto (I have a deadline).
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