which prebuilt linux boxes seem to work best?

[Kirk Wood]

First, if you are working you will be on an ethernet to the server. But
aside from that. You may have to pause to wait for a screen to update. But
if your telnet program is accessible then you can adminster remotely with
Linux.

But moving beyond this, fretting about how to do a possible job you don't
have is like fretting about how much rain is going to fall in the yard
next year. You have no control and don't/can't know. I can tell you some
general things to bank on.

1.  You will not be responsible for a damn thing on day one. (If you are
you don't want that job.) While they want you to have some knowledge, no
person in his right mind would expect that a person with no work
experiance is ready to handle their established network solo. Just doesn't
happen.

2.  The only way you can know about their tools is to get access to
them. That won't happen until it is a do or die situation.

3.  You will screw something up if you work there long enough.

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Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net