Mail Servers,

M0KUJ1N · 15 Jul 2006 at 23:29

The Home edition is free, its only the office edition and the professional editions that you have to pay for, so it follows the same business model as smoothwall.

Of course if you're proficient at setting up apache, php, mysql, dhcp, dns and imap servers yourself then you can get any major distro free of charge and develop it your needs

I did like the traffic shaping support in clarkconnect tho, meant my upstream b/w wasnt utterly hogged by my sister's webcam when I was living at home during my final year

zetec452 · 15 Jul 2006 at 23:49

BoomAM said:
You could.
But it costs. And considering it doesnt really do anything that any other Linux distribution can do, its a little pointless for me.

It doesn't cost for the Home Edition.

I wouldn't pay for it.

Its a nice all round product for a beginner in linux, you can do a variety of things on it. Once I move out I'm probably going to purchase a spare PC and setup Clark Connect.

BoomAM · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:51

Odd. Because the CC website lists all versions as costing. :confused:

zetec452 · 16 Jul 2006 at 08:54

This is the place to find CD ISO downloads, software updates, modules and logos. The Home Edition is available free of charge and free trial versions are available for the Office and Professional Editions. You can access the 30-day trial here.

I must admit when i first took a look at the website I thought you had to pay for everything. Just click the Home Revision and it will download.

riddlermarc · 16 Jul 2006 at 09:39

I'm running qmail but using the ultra-easy qmailtoaster version which has install scripts etc.. takes less than an hour to get up and running

BoomAM · 16 Jul 2006 at 14:45

Hmm.
Im tempted to give that clarkconnect a bash.

So am i correct in thinking that if i get enough network cards i can have the clarkconnect box functioning as a switch as well? Basically how i illustrated in the picture in a previous post?

Will it do the following, and are they easy to setup?:
-Function as a mail server.
-As a switch.
-File server.
-Firewall.
-Cache.

Is there not a way i could have it set to block everything but the common ports & torrent ports? effectivly negating my need for a client firewall?

What sort of specs would i need for it, i know the base spec is a 233Mhz/256Mb/1Gb, but the website also says that more 'power' is needed for the server functions, but doesnt list how much more 'power' is needed.

zetec452 · 16 Jul 2006 at 15:49

Your PC may be a little under spec'd but it should run. You can set clark connect as a gateway, standalone firewall or as just a server.

If you have vmware its probably worth downloading it and having a play to see if it suits your needs.

BoomAM · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:00

Ive got VM ware.

I'll give it a bash later.

Ive been considering the idea of having a Linux machine that'll take over every duty from my ADSL WiFi router bar the ADSL part.
One that would perform NAT, DHCP, WiFi, Gigabit switch, file server, mail server, ect;
Would CC do that? Or would i be looking at a different distribution to do that?

zetec452 · 16 Jul 2006 at 18:33

Any distribution would do the above. Its just that cc will help you do a lot of it. It will do everything above. Not sure what you bean by gigabit switch though.