- think about everysomething
- ready (A.1). fine concept established.

- setup a linux distribution (here: SuSE 7.3)
- ready (B.1). system running.

- get a local login-prompt
- ready (B.2). system locally accessible.

- get network running
  - yast2: "Network/Basic / Network card configuration"
- ready (B.2). system running.

- init
  - stop some daemons
    - rcinetd stop
    - rcportmap stop
    - rcidentd stop
    - rclisa stop
    - rcnscd stop
  - disable (almost) all stuff in /etc/rinetd.conf
  - edit /etc/rc.config
    - disable "lisa"
    - disable "identd"
    - disable "portmapper"
    - disable "inetd"
    - disable "nscd"
    - disable "ctrl-alt-del"-reboot via 'CONSOLE_SHUTDOWN="ignore"'
    - disable "gpm"
    - enable serial console via 'SERIAL_CONSOLE="ttyS0,9600"'
  - SuSEconfig

- new kernel
  - fetch any proper kernel from ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/7.3/kernel/certified_by_suse/2.4.16-2001-12-20
  - k_deflt..., kernel-source..., 
  - install them (maybe you'll have to delete "/boot/vmlinuz" before)
  - after updating the kernel:
    - mk_initrd
    - lilo
    - ldconfig
  - reboot

- suse-update
  - yast2: "Software / Online Update" (1st time to apply patches to Yast-Online-Update)
  - choose: 
    - "Manual Update"
    - Installationsquelle: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/7.3/suse
  - quit yast2
  - yast2: "Software / Online Update" (2nd time to apply patches to installed packages)
  - reboot
  
- install additional software:
  - yast: "Paketverwaltung"
    - Pakete: ppp (n), smpppd (n), yast2-config-adsl (yast), personal-firewall (sec), SuSEfirewall2 (sec)
  - exit yast
  
- suse-update
  - yast2: "Software / Online Update" (3rd time to apply patches to additional software)

  - configure t-dsl
    - yast2
    - "Network/Basic / German T-DSL
    - start "smpppd" via "rcsmpppd start" or better "rcsmpppd reload"
    
  - configure routing-functionality (dsl-router)
    - packet-forwarding
      - set "IP_FORWARD" in /etc/rc.config to "yes"
    - firewalling
      - configure "personal-firewall"
        - yast2: 
        - set config-var "REJECT_ALL_INCOMING_CONNECTIONS" in /etc/rc.config.d/security.rc.config to "ppp0 masq"
      - configure "SuSEfirewall2"
        - yast2: 
        - in "/etc/rc.config" set "START_FW2" to "yes"
        - configure /etc/rc.config.d/..firewall... - scripts properly or do this via yast2 ( or not ;) )
    
  - ready (2). connected to the internet in a secure, operational way. start further operations.

  - tbd: setup & configure no-ip-providing-service
    - download from http://www.no-ip.com/client/linux/noip_updater_v1.6.tar.gz
    - unpack: "tar -xzf http://www.no-ip.com/client/linux/noip_updater_v1.6.tar.gz"
    - 
  - tbd: setup hostconfig
    - configure hostconfig with one of the following methods:
      - hostconfig shell
      - hostconfig configure-menu / hostconfig configure-run
      - hostconfig configure-select / hostconfig configure-update / hostconfig configure-run
    - exec "hostconfig announce-host"