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Thanks for the pointers. &nbsp;Would you know of any other information (links, books, papers, etc.) in addition to the NFS, NIS, and printer HOW-TO's that I could look at?
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Thanks for the pointers.  Would you know of any other information (links, books, papers, etc.) in addition to the NFS, NIS, and printer HOW-TO's that I could look at?

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I currently run Mandrake 6.1 on a Pentium 200 with a CD-ROM and I have a home network setup. &nbsp;I have a 486DX with 24MB of RAM and about 250MB of disk space- no CD-ROM that I want to convert into a separate terminal to the Pentium linux box, and also a print server for a parallel port LaserJet printer. &nbsp;I've checked out the Beowulf, NFS, NIS, HOW-TO's and they seem like overkill or very general for what I want to do. &nbsp;I also have two other window machines on the network. &nbsp;I would like them to be able to send print jobs to the printer. &nbsp;Can anyone help me with a solution? &nbsp;One more thing, my home netowork is behind a diskless firewall/router so security is not too much of an issue. &nbsp;Thanks.
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I currently run Mandrake 6.1 on a Pentium 200 with a CD-ROM and I have a home network setup.  I have a 486DX with 24MB of RAM and about 250MB of disk space- no CD-ROM that I want to convert into a separate terminal to the Pentium linux box, and also a print server for a parallel port LaserJet printer.  I've checked out the Beowulf, NFS, NIS, HOW-TO's and they seem like overkill or very general for what I want to do.  I also have two other window machines on the network.  I would like them to be able to send print jobs to the printer.  Can anyone help me with a solution?  One more thing, my home netowork is behind a diskless firewall/router so security is not too much of an issue.  Thanks.

Setting up a terminal/print server on home network

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.