On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 04:38:10PM -0000, scott taylor wrote:

Everyone

Has anyone got any advice on modems for Linux, I did have a 28.8 modem which worked fine with my Windows95/Linux dual boot after exchanging with a friend i now have a 56.6 internal modem that doesn't work with linux.

Are there any good sites on the net I could buy from I'm not too worried about the speed I just want it to work!

Get an external, they all work. Besides, you get to stare at the pretty lights.

Try scan.co.uk or dabs.co.uk

On another subject any advice on setting up a web server or maybe a network since I have just bought a laptop with windows98 AMD K6 475 and would like to work it with my Cyrix Computer 300 processor which is at the moment running Red Hat 6.0.

Look at the networking howtos on linuxdoc.org (?)

What are the options with this and is there one better than another and cost wise will I need anything extra as I don't have network cards or anything like that.

The quick, dirty and easy way is to grab/make a null modem cable (you can get one in maplin) then connect the two. But, this will go very slowly and is strictly limited to only 2 machines.

The best thing to do is buy 2 cheap network cards (just about anything will do), compile the appropriate kernel modules and link them together with a special ethernet cable called a "crossover" cable (which is designed for linking two machines direct to each other).

To add more machines later you need an ethernet hub and some non-crossover cables.