How to setup star topology network with windows XP and linux OS support?

I know how to create a simple peer to peer network!


But how can I create a network with a server and windows XP client computer?





Which is suitable %26amp; Simple OS for my server? Windows 2003 or Linux?

How to setup star topology network with windows XP and linux OS support?
Draw up a logical map of how you want everything situated, then draw up a physical map of how it will be wired up, then go forth and prosper!





Windows would be easier to configure, Linux is more fun if you are into geeky stuff. what i do is dualboot my server and configure it for the same services in windows and linux.





in windows it has a shared printer and a shared folder for network fileserving, in linux i use samba for print server and file server services, i can also remote-desktop into both and i can ssh and ftp the linux side from the internet (soon the windows side too). and that computer has 2 nics so soon it will be a linux-router in linux and a windows internet-connection sharing router in windows. it also has a tv card so it is my automated TV recording box too, it automatically records shows and i can stream them over my network or burn dvd's and cut out commercials.
Reply:A simple switch would suffice.





OS depends on what you are comfortable with. I'm a Windows guy and Windows 2003 is easy to use. XP will easily work with Windows 2003. You will probably need additional configuration for Linux to work with XP.

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