Hi, I'm pretty new to linux, and I have just installed debian. I have got 3 computers at home, and I want one of my machines to act as a server for the other two. Basically I want a proxy server and ftp server running on the machine with debian. I have two types of connections ppp and permanent (I haven't yet got my cable modem so I'm still with ppp for a couple of weeks).
I have been able to install debian with the ppp support (i used pppconfig and then pon, plog and poff). I also installed blackbox as an xserver. But I just can't get my ethernet working. I have a 10/100 switch and trendnet ethernet cards. I have got a linux diskette for the ethernet card but I can't compile the makefile. I get the following error: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory. I also don't know which ftp server I should use. At first I installed debian with the simple method (I selected the tasks that interested me). But a lot of stuff doesn't interest me, eg: wvdial (because I'm using pon), or the news/email reader, lynx, etc... Should I reinstall my machine using dselect, or can I remove the stuff I don't want with dselect ? Here is how I had planned to configure my system, could you please advise me if this is the right way things should be done : 1) Win98, name: alok, ip: 192.128.1.2, will be used for my daily work. 2) Portable with winXP, name: pareesa, ip: 192.128.1.3, will be used by my sister and me. 3) debian, name: server, ip: 192.128.1.1, will be used to backup and share data between the two previous computers and also to share the internet connection. Thank you very much, Alok. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: imapwww.epfl.ch
