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I am building a dedicated Linux server from spare parts and $200 in crap from newegg. I want to be able to do the following with this box:

* Provide domain controller services to a domain of two computers, both running Windows XP Pro
* Perform routing (IP masquerading) and NAT between PPPoE ADSL WAN and internal network
* Firewall
* DHCP server
* FTP services
* Web hosting

Is all this possible on one box? I'm certain I can do all of the individual functions under Linux but can they all be done simultaneously on the same box?

I'm running Fedora Core 1 as my Linux OS.

Ofcourse it's possible, just the more you have running, ofcourse, the slower it will be. You can edit linux to do what ever you want when ever you want, which is why it's such a great OS. I personally have never used Fedora, I'm a Red-Hat fanatic, so I only know from experiance with RH.

edit: wtf double post

Tenuvil wrote:I am building a dedicated Linux server from spare parts and $200 in crap from newegg. I want to be able to do the following with this box:

* Provide domain controller services to a domain of two computers, both running Windows XP Pro
* Perform routing (IP masquerading) and NAT between PPPoE ADSL WAN and internal network
* Firewall
* DHCP server
* FTP services
* Web hosting

Is all this possible on one box? I'm certain I can do all of the individual functions under Linux but can they all be done simultaneously on the same box?

I'm running Fedora Core 1 as my Linux OS.

Yes, though you have to use a registry hack to get XP to play nice w/ a samba PDC.

NAT + firewall tend to roll together, both accomplished by iptables. google for "fwbuilder" and save yourself some faffing about.

DHCP is pretty trivial, just make sure that you have a rule (even if it's empty) for every interface on the box.

FTP/Web hosting are often port blocked by ISP's, but if you're just talking about vanilla HTML w/o getting into heavy PHP/MySQL usage the load shouldn't be significant.