Cool ;p First... I recently bought a new 17" monitor at Best Buy (yea, I know) for $179.00. This fits my definition of "Cheap", check around, this was an advertised sale... MA Sounds like you have a plan. I have very much the same setup, except for processor speed. Wife's K6 233 Win98, My K62 350 Mandrake7, Server is a P150, 2nic's, no hard drive. I'm using Coyote Linux off of a floppy boot disk as a router/DHCP server/Masq server/Wins server. Works great!! With your config, you ought to be able to use the 'nix server as a samba/NFS server as well. (I don't have the mhz or dasd yet, I have to use my own machine for this.). Chris Midkiff > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad LaFarge [SMTP:chad@clafarge.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:00 AM > To: KCLUG > Subject: kclug - For JOY!!! > > First... anyone know where I can get a decent monitor- cheap? > > Now, the main attraction: > > We just ordered my wife a new PC!!! OK guys, this is the plan... > > Current config: > > Mine > Dell 400PII > Dual Mandrake 7/Win98 > > Wife's > Quantex 350PII > Win98 > HP CDRW > HP DeskJet 952c > > Network > Roadrunner to Cable MoDem > Cable MoDem to 10/100 Hub > Hub ties Win98 Workgroup together between Mine and Wife's > > > NEW PLAN > > Mine > Dell 400PII > Dual Mandrake 7/Win98 > > Wife's > Dell 700PIII > Win98 > HP CDRW > > Server > Quantex 350PII > Mandrake 7 > HP DeskJet 952c > > Network > Roadrunner to Cable MoDem > Cable MoDem to Server NIC 1 acting as Gateway and Firewall > Server NIC 2 to 10/100 Hub > Hub ties NFS Domain together between Server, Mine and Wife's > > If only Roadrunner would give me a static IP =( > > > Anything I should know? Oops... Condensed list of the -GADS- that > I'll need > to know? > > Uh-oh... she's starting to ask about an iMac... could be trouble. > Trouble's > over, purchase is MADE!!! > > Chad LaFarge > > > > >