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| 513399 | 2007-01-07 10:59:00 | Maybe you should get a job doing all of that. Well I am going into the IT area, so I believe that this is a very good thing for me to be doing, it will show potential employers that I am interested and have skills etc :D Incidently do you know and Unix commands? No, I don't I really recommend the Linux route for this. Most distributions will come with most of the software you need. Linux systems are generally designed to be networked from the ground up - on Linux and relatives even the graphics system is fully networked. For remote printing all you need is a CUPS server with remote access enabled. You can then print over the internet using internet printing protocol (IPP). You will also want to set up some form of authentication. CUPS is the standard printing system on Linux systems and will be installed by default with almost every distribution. Checking the status of other computers is harder. You could set up a script which pings all the other servers periodically and reports the result of the last test on a web page. This could be run every five minutes by a cron script. Just make sure that the time of the last test is also noted so that you can tell whether the results on the site are current or not. For the security of these systems, you may like to consider a VPN. If you provide access to printers and the monitoring server only via VPN then your security risk will be much lower. OpenVPN would be a good option for this. Yes, I was going to go Linux cause then I get to learn how to fly it :D Oh ok, so it sounds like it maybe easier than I thought. Yes, I am going to have authentication and all security up... paper and cartriges aren't cheap these days :groan: :p Yes, that was my exact thoughts, ping test every 5 mins would be perfect and even a button to run the test at any time on the page as well, will give stats as live as you can get. Yes, that is a very good idea, I was thinking of a password, but that is not as strong as a VPN... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 513400 | 2007-01-07 17:53:00 | No, I don't Will since Linux commands are a family relative of Unix you'd probably be surprised. Unix is also used in IT network situations especially where printing is invloved. You will often find Linux, Unix and Java being used in large corporates. Linux is ideal in the video FX networks for grid rendering and large LANs and storage networks. Your right, printing ink is not cheap although copy paper from the warehouse is. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 513401 | 2007-01-07 20:04:00 | VPN is a decent idea, cause that would allow access to anything on your network. PPTP with linux isnt hard (And i know your router supports passthrough) | Dannz (1668) | ||
| 513402 | 2007-01-07 21:15:00 | Thanks. yes, I think I will go with Linux... with it being free and all, and the learning how to use it, will be fun... Now, can anyone reccomend a good Linux server distro for Linux n00bs? :D www.howtoforge.com Would this be useful? I used it myself, worked out well for my back-up server:thumbs: |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 513403 | 2007-01-07 21:41:00 | Will since Linux commands are a family relative of Unix you'd probably be surprised. Unix is also used in IT network situations especially where printing is invloved. You will often find Linux, Unix and Java being used in large corporates. Linux is ideal in the video FX networks for grid rendering and large LANs and storage networks. Your right, printing ink is not cheap although copy paper from the warehouse is. Well considering I don't know how to fly Linux and they are so similar... ;) I know they are, Linux and other OSs to Windows are often a lot better... VPN is a decent idea, cause that would allow access to anything on your network. PPTP with linux isnt hard (And i know your router supports passthrough) Yes, thats what I think www.howtoforge.com Would this be useful? I used it myself, worked out well for my back-up server:thumbs: To be honest I have no idea if it is or not :p But I will look at it (quick look suggests yes it is) Thanks :) Sigh... Mum says I am not allowed to get another PC now... so I am going to have to run it off a virtual machine for now, till I get it fully up and running and then look at a dedicated server |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 513404 | 2007-01-07 22:17:00 | Sigh... Mum says I am not allowed to get another PC now... so I am going to have to run it off a virtual machine for now, till I get it fully up and running and then look at a dedicated server That is where a day job would come in handy ;) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 513405 | 2007-01-07 23:11:00 | That is where a day job would come in handy ;) That is not the problem, I have the money I just don't want to spend more than $400 on this project... She says I won't have time to use it... but she doesn't get the whole idea of the thing... | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 513406 | 2007-01-08 03:13:00 | but she doesn't get the whole idea of the thing... That would make Sam Morgan a lucky guy. :) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 513407 | 2007-01-08 05:08:00 | That would make Sam Morgan a lucky guy. :) Yeah and me a very unlucky guy :badpc: Anyway, enough of this chatter, the thread has gone COMPLETELY off topic :p |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 513408 | 2007-01-09 04:05:00 | If you want to see if a computers on your network are online or not, i suggest a simple common cross platform solution.. it's called instant messaging if HYJKILF is online at yahoo (or MSN, whatever) that computer is up. That might be a simpler way in terms of keeping the learning curve slighter friendlier than say, a brick wall. If you solved the issue that way, you'd be able to focus on the more traditional things, such as web server, shared printing, etc etc etc.. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
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