A quick question folks:
I want to setup my network as diagrammed:
[Ethernet] [Computer A] [switching]
[hookup]--------> [Mandrake-Linux 7]----> [hub]------> [Computer B]
[to campus] [Acting as gateway] | [Windows 95]
|
|
[Computer C]
[some other os]
I do this so all three computers won't need their own IP addresses (for a
multitude of reasons). I have two NICs in Computer A obviously..both the
same kind. I am doing a fresh install of Mandrake and I am at the LAN
setup point. I know eth0 is the NIC that will be going to the switch and
that eth1 will be the NIC connected to the ethernet network. I can let
DHCP assign the IP for eth1 (the IP of computer A)..but what do I fill in
for the IP address slot for eth0? It won't let me enter nothing and if I
fill check "Automatic IP, for DHCP/Bootp" it will fail out because it's
simply wired to the switch.
Valjean
On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Stephen F. Bosch wrote:
> Dreja Julag wrote:
> >
> > When I say that, I mean that I will use one of two types. One is the
> > coaxial type, which I would not mind using being that it is easy to set up.
> > The other one is the one that is commonly used because of it's cheapness: it
> > looks somewhat like a telephone cable and it usually requires hubs. I will
> > use this type for my network, providing that I can get a cross-over cable.
> > Thanks
>
> So you're talking about either 10Base2 (RG58 coaxial cable) or 10BaseT
> (Category 5 unshielded twisted pair).
>
> You can get combo cards, did you know that? They're not any more
> expensive, though they're not as easy to find any more because fewer and
> fewer businesses use 10Base2.
>
> -Stephen-
>
>
