i have an old HP, 500 mhz celeron, 64 megs of ram (i upped to 192 because 64 isnt acceptable)
I got it for free, and it really is as bad as i thought. A 10 gig hard drive, however, is acceptable.
So, someting ive needed...an internet/download server.
I want a computer that will sit in my closet where i cant hear it, downloading via my wireless pci card.
I dont want to have to mess with this computer, no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor...
remote desktop controll, and file sharing with the network are a must. Also, the ability to share the connection to my room is the most important thing. I would LOVE to have it give the room complete priority over itself, so that my downloads wont slow my browsing, or interfere with my games. I have a wired network in my room, and a wireless connection to my router, for the internet...
my first thought was i could throw windows 2000 pro on it, pc anywhere, and just use pc anywhere to pause its downloading when i wanted to use the internet... as well as to start downloads, and other stuff.
But thats a-lot of work to use, and not much to set up. Id much ratehr use some sort of linux box to download all day, and give priority to the network bridge over itself...
or anything really...im looking for a suggestion as to how to set this up. i dont want to really mess with a smoothwall router PC to replace my current router, because it would then be in the basement with the router...and my parents wouldnt like that.
whats your idea, how would you do this?
I got it for free, and it really is as bad as i thought. A 10 gig hard drive, however, is acceptable.
So, someting ive needed...an internet/download server.
I want a computer that will sit in my closet where i cant hear it, downloading via my wireless pci card.
I dont want to have to mess with this computer, no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor...
remote desktop controll, and file sharing with the network are a must. Also, the ability to share the connection to my room is the most important thing. I would LOVE to have it give the room complete priority over itself, so that my downloads wont slow my browsing, or interfere with my games. I have a wired network in my room, and a wireless connection to my router, for the internet...
my first thought was i could throw windows 2000 pro on it, pc anywhere, and just use pc anywhere to pause its downloading when i wanted to use the internet... as well as to start downloads, and other stuff.
But thats a-lot of work to use, and not much to set up. Id much ratehr use some sort of linux box to download all day, and give priority to the network bridge over itself...
or anything really...im looking for a suggestion as to how to set this up. i dont want to really mess with a smoothwall router PC to replace my current router, because it would then be in the basement with the router...and my parents wouldnt like that.
whats your idea, how would you do this?