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**DJNafey** · 18-04-2005

DJKD, that's the most sensible thing I've heard in the last 18 pages

Don't get me started on Windows ME, lol

**DJDK** · 18-04-2005

i know me was terrible, Me installeed with norton antivirus 2004 didnt want to go further than password screen. i had to wipe the passwords off the system for my uncle.

**DJNafey** · 18-04-2005

Originally Posted by AphJN

At home, my Linux box is now wired to 21 houses on a WAN and its the sole DNS for the 37 machines wired into it. I have been experimenting with WAN and LAN setups and talked afew of my neighbors into this setup. 3 have satellite and 2 have 1/2Ts. With some help (I still dont understand it all but learning) we bonded the 5 sources into 1 big pipe that we all share. The 3 satellite systems use the Linux box as a network Modem and the 1/2Ts use it as a router for the other systems. This being done on a P3 650 box with 768mb main ram and a 20gig HD...you should see that box chug!

WOW, that's rather impressive!

**AphJN** · 18-04-2005

Add to that thought...I live out in BF Egypt...We have more cows per acre than people! The closest house in the WAN is 1mile (about 2km) away, the farthest is 6miles (about 10km). I am using a copper Gigabit switch between hubs to get the bandwidth I am looking for and the distance. Funny part is I can get about 10mbps on the bonded setup which is faster than any of the single pipes we have. We did get a "Fair Use" letter from one of the satellite companys because of the packet being sent. They felt we were over using their pipe.