On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 11:19:26PM -0500, Pierce C. Barnard wrote:

Hello, I am interested in getting involved in any project that I can put my Unix skills to use. I want to build up some experience that I can use to ^^^^

further my career objectives in becoming a network administrator. Does ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

anyone need an extra pair of hands for a project? Thanks.

So which do you wanna be? Microsoft marketeese aside, caring for a network is a different set of skills than caring for unix servers (though there is a certain amount of overlap), and in any good sized organization the two are likely to be two seperate sets of people. That said, the best way is probably to set up a network with a few machines for yourself. Set up a few machines with a two or three nics each, and play with some simple routing setups. Set up a printer and file server, sharing the same set of files and printers out to multiple client platforms. Install and configure various packages like apache, perl, etc - from the source tarballs. Make your own network cables. Basically, play around, see how badly you can break stuff, and then learn how to fix it! -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 15 Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses. -- Stephen Wright