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In article <39db54e7.15777386@news.iserv.net>, ellegon69@iserv.net (Todd)
wrote:
> OK, here is the deal. we are a small manufacturing company running
> Windows NT on our main server using 10/100 to connect about 20 seats on
> our office network.  We are looking to utilize our older DOS machines
> (some 386 and 486) in the plant for the simple task of viewing Job
> Tickets, Spec Sheets, etc. which will be in simple HTML. We recently set
> up a Linux RedHat server that we want to use to handle the machines in
> the plant which will pretty much just handle the HTML pages over a
> 10baseT connection via a 24port Kingston hub.  This is my basic
> understanding of what I we are looking at accomplishing and since we are
> slow right now I have been pulled off my job to try to work on this..
> 
> Here are the simple questions and hopefully someone out there can give
> me simple answers.  I am not very good with networks (although my boss
> is our MIS coordinator and would understand what I don't but this is his
> first Linux exp) so try to make it simple to understand if you are
> inclined to help.
> 
> 1)HOW do we go about getting the DOS machines (all also have Win 3.1
> and IE3.x) to communicate with the Linux server?  From what we have been
> told we can use TCP/IP but another option my boss wondered about was to
> have the Linux server emulate a Novell server (all the older machines
> have nic's and drivers to run on a Novell 3.51 net IIRC) and have it go
> that route.
> 
> 2)He is wondering about any problems with the 10baseT and the 10/100
> on our NT network since the Linux server will need to get info from the
> NT server and was wondering if the 10baseT would drag down the
> 10/100 connection to a lower category or if NT would just KNOW what it
> should be sent at.  He was also thinking maybe we woudl need to use 2
> nic's in the Linux box and exxentially use it as a router.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> You can either reply here or to me directly at ellegon@iserv.net as
> well.
> 
> Also, fair warning, although I won't cross post this as such, I will
> post it to a handful of other Linux groups so please ignore it if you
> see it again in another NG:-)
> 
> Thanks a ton in advance:-)
> 
> Todd

Hi Todd

Im not a Linux guru by any means...however i have been running it for a while and
 know that it is highly versatile. 
The only suggestion I can make is to read up on Samba
http://www.it.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/Samba-Tips/Samba-Tips.html
go to http://www.redhat.com/ and do a search for Samba on both redhat and linux sites
this is the best i can do but samba is where you need to start
good luck
let me know how you get on
Ak