As some of you may know, I'm planning on setting up a small network at both my apartment and my in-laws house.
I want each to have a file and print server.
The boxes will be Pentium II 400s with 256MB of RAM.
I'm almost sure I'm going to setup a mostly wireless network.
Most of the time only 1 person will be accessing the files or printing at once.
Sharing a dialup net connection would be a major plus too.
Here's what the client boxes will be:
My place: A couple Win2K laptops and a possible older laptop running Linux (discussed here). 1 Laser Printer.
In-Laws place: an XP box, a 2K box, and possibly an older box running either Linux or 98. 1 Laser Printer and a Inkjet.
The 2K laptops may also be "visiting" the other network as well.
I've never dealt with Linux before, but it sounds interesting.
I've also never set up a network before, but want to learn.
So anyway, what OS should I put on each of the server boxes?
Linux running Samba?
Win2K Pro?
Win2k Server?
NT4??
Of course, I want a decent balance of performance and ease of use.
edit: BTW, I might just use the server for my place as a part time emu/divx box
I want each to have a file and print server.
The boxes will be Pentium II 400s with 256MB of RAM.
I'm almost sure I'm going to setup a mostly wireless network.
Most of the time only 1 person will be accessing the files or printing at once.
Sharing a dialup net connection would be a major plus too.
Here's what the client boxes will be:
My place: A couple Win2K laptops and a possible older laptop running Linux (discussed here). 1 Laser Printer.
In-Laws place: an XP box, a 2K box, and possibly an older box running either Linux or 98. 1 Laser Printer and a Inkjet.
The 2K laptops may also be "visiting" the other network as well.
I've never dealt with Linux before, but it sounds interesting.
I've also never set up a network before, but want to learn.
So anyway, what OS should I put on each of the server boxes?
Linux running Samba?
Win2K Pro?
Win2k Server?
NT4??
Of course, I want a decent balance of performance and ease of use.
edit: BTW, I might just use the server for my place as a part time emu/divx box