The grownups were connected to the Net through a dial-up connection over a phone line sharing the same connection using Wingate as a proxy server. The grownups group was upgraded to a cable modem connection, while the kids group was connected through dial-up to the Net in 1997, but the two groups were maintained separated and using 10base2. Design decisions and characteristiscs The basic principles of the design of the BNT Net were security, low cost and effectiveness. A 96K modem and another ISP subscription is also maintained for backup purposes, in case of outages of the main provider. Each machine was bought with specific capabilities in order to work as a client and provide a particular service, based on the intention of distributing the Server applications to different machines.
Lets examine each of the machines in turn and see what they do.
It is also the master browser and provides logon services for the BNT domain. Uses the RedHat 6.0 Linux distribution and houses the Apache Web Server, which works both as an intranet and a Web Server open to the Web. It houses the G2 RealServer for the BNT Net and is also accessible from the Web. It is also my wife's home workstation, used mostly for accessing the Web, mail, ftp, word processing and graphical presentations. It is primarily a workstation for one of my kids do homework, play games, program in C and Basic.