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Re: [LUG] fetchmail & samba
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Alex Charrett wrote:
> Yep, DHCP serving seems to work well under linux. Obviosuly I've set the
> scope up so that it only works for boxes on the local subnet.
> And it's a dns server too, running my very own made up domain and a dns
> cache for the rest of the world. Which means I don't have to fiddle
> around with host files all the time.
I have almost identical setup to Chas as well!
One thing I did find great about DHCP is it can set up a client with all
the details its needs, including the name of the Name server, WINS server
(Ducks) and the gateway server. So if I want to change the IP address of
the gateway, just change the address in the name server file, and reboot
the clients - done! No searching for the Windows CD when it insists on
re-install the networking components, for a just a IP address change, or
trying to remember the subnet masks and IP addresses. Add a new machine
to the network, just set the client to use DHCP, plug it in and go!
And samba is very good as well - it implements everything you need, while
letting you use some of the extra facilities of the ext2 file system such
as symbolic links.
Just me 2p's worth.
Peter Hatton
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