OK, I'm hoping this is possible....
Main computer: windows 98se with ICS
2nd computer: Mandrake 9.0
Connection:
Main: 2 NIC's. one to the cable modem (no router) and one to
connect via crossover cable to the 2nd box
2nd: 1 NIC connected via crossover cable to the main computer.
Objective: to run apache from the 2nd computer not just on the local
network but also on the internet.
Other info: using a dynamic DNS service from no-ip.com, using their
update program for linux machines on the 2nd computer
it resolves (i think it's resolving it... it doesn't
give much output) to the main computer's IP
(that of the cable modem)
can this be done?
If not, are my only options to either run the webserver from the main
computer (keeping existing network hardware), buy a router and connect
both computers to IT then to the cable modem, or pay the cable co. the
extra 6 bucks a month and get a 2nd IP for the 2nd computer.
Some possible problems:
2nd computer has no room for another ISA ethernet card (don't even know
if i could still get one) and I cannot for the life of me get any of the
PCI slots to work with the 2nd (pci) NIC out of the other computer
(which dual boots to mandrake and works FABULOUSLY) to work with the 2nd
computer and mandrake. In fact, i can't even get the soundcard
(opl3-sa1) card in the other isa slot to work (still trying to figure
that one out....). If i could, I'd just switch the computers places in
the network. Main computer is the one my other half uses and refuses to
use linux because WinMX won't run on it. In fact if I don't reboot it
into Windows when I'm done with it she just hits the reset button on it
(grrrrrrrrrr) and boots windows.
Thanks in advance for any help :) You guys are the greatest.
Jerry
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