server question

[Karl Larsen]

Wade Smart wrote:
> Anna EdwARds wrote:
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>>  > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:25:32 -0500
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>>  > > > Anna EdwARds wrote:
>>  > > > > I am planning to replace my low-on-features microsoft office small
>>  > > business web-site with a much more feature ridden setup that I have 
>> come
>>  > > up with. It will have a setup like the following.
>>  > > > > it will have a computer with 2 e-cards, one connected to comcast,
>>  > > one connected to the LAN. It needs to act as a router, forewarding the
>>  > > web server requests to annas-web-server and the emails to anything to
>>  > > annas-email-server. For the rest of the packets, I need them sent to
>>  > > were they are meant for. I want any inter-lan data to be forwarded to
>>  > > were it was origionally intended for. I also need a web server and 
>> email
>>  > > server and a mailing list server. I am not able to specify very 
>> much. Sorry.
>>  > > >
>>  > > > That's a big wish list. Are you planning on having one server do all
>>  > > > this? I am not sure I see the need for that server to also do the
>>  > > > routing as well, any decent Linksys/Belkin, etc router will work just
>>  > > > fine for this setup. Unless of course the traffic requirements are
>>  > > > higher than normal. Most routers handle LAN traffic quite easily.
>>  > > >
>>  > > > Can you clarify, in some detail, what you really want?
>>  > > >
>>  > > > How many servers? What will each server do? Your post mentions these
>>  > > > things, but not in a good enough context to help us figure out 
>> what you
>>  > > > need.
>>  > > >
>>  > > > Mark Haney
>>  > > > Sr. Systems Administrator
>>  > > > ERC Broadband
>>  > > > (828) 350-2415
>>  > > >
>>  > > > Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support
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>>  > 20081016 1622 GMT-6
>>  >
>>  > Anna, you are a bit confusing but let me restate what I think you are
>>  > asking.
>>  >
>>  > You currently have a setup that no longer works for you.
>>  > You are getting a PC with 2 ethernet cards to act as a router.
>>  > You will have two other pcs: a web host machine and a email server 
>> machine.
>>  > You want to know how to configure the pc router to direct the right
>>  > information to the right machine.
>>  >
>>  > Is this correct?
>>  >
>>  > Wade
>>  >
>>
>> Not quite. I want to have this as a new setup.
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> 20081021 1538 GMT-6
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> Anna, it may not be that you are on your cell but you also arent making 
> any sense.
>
> What doesnt make sense to you about what I just said?
> That you current setup no longer works?
> That you are getting new hardware with duel nics?
> That your new pc you want to be a router?
>
> I just restated what you have already said.
>
> What "not quite" isnt right?
>
> Wade
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    Wade just delete all from this person on the Ubuntu list. She is a 
total nonsense person on Hotmail that has no reason to even try Ubuntu.

Karl


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