1. To authenticate your Linux box logons against the windows domain, you need to do two things:
(i). create an account on the linux box that has the SAME username as the windows domain account. Don't worry about making the password the same, just the username.
(ii). run the command "authconfig" from a Linux shell. Go to the section to configure SMB authentication. Enable it and put it your domain controller IP address(es).
Now when you logon to the Linux box will use the windows domain controller to authenticate your password. There may be a way to do this without a local user profile on the linux box, but I don't know of it. It is still using the local profile, just verifying the password using SMB authentication back to the windows domain.
2. Shouldn't change at all in AD. We have the exact same setup in a win2k AD domain and it works just fine.
Fiber companies have spent a fortune in Asia due to population density. Solutions like FTTH make a lot of sense there since you might find 5000-10000 people living in a large apartment complex. This makes FTTH an attractive option, plus the growth rate of broadband service is phenominal. Koreans are far more likely to have broadband in their home than Americans are.
If you plan on digging a second trench every time you want to install more fiber, you won't be in business very long. Dig a trench once and drop in conduit. Its so much cheaper in the long run.
Sorry to disappoint you here, but every DSL company in existence that is not an ILEC, charges less for DSL service than they pay. The trick is to convert it into a profitable situation. Most telecommunications operate on economies of scale, it only makes sense to have one provider and regulate it. People are saying that they want broadband at affordable rates, and there is no reason that it cannot happen. I am currently working on a project starting up a phone company in Northeastern Michigan to serve seven currently unassigned areas in which POTS isn't even available. We fully intend to provide these people with FTTH at a reasonable cost. FTTH has the ability to generate three distinct revenue streams, cable TV, up to 10 lines of local phone service, and real broadband service of approximately a gigabit in both directions. Based on some other existing systems all three can be provided for approximately $100-$125 per month w/one phone line. I cannot think of many people who would not pay that for local phone service, true broadband, and about 100 channels of television. The problem with you naysayers is that you do not look towards the future. Do not accept the situation as is, get out there and do something about it.
What is the point of this? Most people go to the movies to get away from home for awhile. This is silly as a wireless web enabled church so that people can surf the net instead of participating in the service. I applaud thinking outside of the box, however some ideas get laughed at. This is one of them.
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1. To authenticate your Linux box logons against the windows domain, you need to do two things: (i). create an account on the linux box that has the SAME username as the windows domain account. Don't worry about making the password the same, just the username. (ii). run the command "authconfig" from a Linux shell. Go to the section to configure SMB authentication. Enable it and put it your domain controller IP address(es). Now when you logon to the Linux box will use the windows domain controller to authenticate your password. There may be a way to do this without a local user profile on the linux box, but I don't know of it. It is still using the local profile, just verifying the password using SMB authentication back to the windows domain. 2. Shouldn't change at all in AD. We have the exact same setup in a win2k AD domain and it works just fine.
Fiber companies have spent a fortune in Asia due to population density. Solutions like FTTH make a lot of sense there since you might find 5000-10000 people living in a large apartment complex. This makes FTTH an attractive option, plus the growth rate of broadband service is phenominal. Koreans are far more likely to have broadband in their home than Americans are.
If you plan on digging a second trench every time you want to install more fiber, you won't be in business very long. Dig a trench once and drop in conduit. Its so much cheaper in the long run.
Sorry to disappoint you here, but every DSL company in existence that is not an ILEC, charges less for DSL service than they pay. The trick is to convert it into a profitable situation. Most telecommunications operate on economies of scale, it only makes sense to have one provider and regulate it. People are saying that they want broadband at affordable rates, and there is no reason that it cannot happen. I am currently working on a project starting up a phone company in Northeastern Michigan to serve seven currently unassigned areas in which POTS isn't even available. We fully intend to provide these people with FTTH at a reasonable cost. FTTH has the ability to generate three distinct revenue streams, cable TV, up to 10 lines of local phone service, and real broadband service of approximately a gigabit in both directions. Based on some other existing systems all three can be provided for approximately $100-$125 per month w/one phone line. I cannot think of many people who would not pay that for local phone service, true broadband, and about 100 channels of television. The problem with you naysayers is that you do not look towards the future. Do not accept the situation as is, get out there and do something about it.
What is the point of this? Most people go to the movies to get away from home for awhile. This is silly as a wireless web enabled church so that people can surf the net instead of participating in the service. I applaud thinking outside of the box, however some ideas get laughed at. This is one of them.