Home Network

Ok, now the MacBook is (mostly) sorted ( I still haven’t got the E61 to act as 3G modem yet), on to the next challenge – The Home Server.

I have been toying with the idea of setting this up for ages. I have a desktop which I have been using as a place to store stuff for ages but never really got it set up as a proper ‘Server’.

Now that Ubuntu has released 6.06 server and desktop I thought it was about time I took the plunge. Downloading the right version from - http://ftp.ticklers.org/releases.ubuntu.org/releases/6.06/ - was straightforward and I now have it up and running at home, sort of!

After 4 hours of playing around with it and following the instructions here - http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.06 I managed to get the ssh client working but so far that is it. Still on the list to do is:

Sort out a static IP address
Add file sharing for my Mac and PC laptops
Give it a server ‘name’ as opposed to the IP address
Make it as secure as possible (!)
Figure out a way of getting remote access (probable through ssh)
Get a bigger / another hard disk

All of these will be happening over the next week or two with the aim to have it fully running but the end of next weekend.

As an interesting aside I have found this - http://s2putty.sourceforge.net/ which should be good for remoting in with my Nokia E61.

I am gradually catching up with the studies but still working through last weeks stuff! Better get a move on as I should start preparing for my next assignment soon.