Re: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS or ES for server?

[Jens Knoell <jens@surefoot.com>]

Hi Eve,

Eve Atley wrote:

>We are a small company (less then 20 people) that is currently running
>Redhat Linux 9 as a fileserver. We have a firewall router set up currently
>that is wreaking havoc, and we had previously had used the Linux box as a
>firewall and router hooked up to our shared T1 line. We're looking to return
>to that system again. With cost as a factor, can we get away with Redhat
>Linux WS for this purpose?
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>
Generally you can use whatever linux flavor you feel like, and install 
whatever software you're missing. With that in mind, yes, WS would work 
just as well as any other flavor.

>Additionally, we had abandoned the Linux system as a firewall/router for 2
>reasons: to be less machine dependent, and because our ethernet cards kept
>insisting on switching upon reboots (thereby causing all sorts of problems).
>If we upgrade to ANY version of Redhat Enterprise, would this solve our
>issues at all, or are we totally barking up the wrong tree? The system
>should probably be upgraded anyway as the GUI is as slow as molasses.
>  
>
Switching network cards (interfaces i presume) shouldn't occur either 
way. Last but not least - don't run a GUI on a firewall/router machine, 
it's a total waste of ressources :)

J