"Michael D. Viron" wrote:
> >One question that keeps nagging at me and impedes my
> >understanding is: Will the box that is acting as a gateway have a
> >specific "gateway" IP address in addition to the address I've
> >already given it?
> Yes. All Gateways have at least 2 IPs (sometimes more depending on how
> many networks they connect to). On the internal interface, you need to
> statically assign 192.168.1.1
That's what it is set to at the moment. What would be a correct setting for
the 'gateway' IP, knowing the internet is
accessed via a dialup connection?
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> >
> >The Samba question is: In order for both Linux boxes to be seen
> >by the Win9x boxes, my understanding is that both Linux boxes
> >must be running Samba. IF this is correct, should one Samba box
> >be set up as the 'Samba server' and the other be set up as the
> >'Samba client'?
>
> Nope, both machines must be running as samba servers. The Samba client is
> for connecting via smb to an existing samba (smb) server.
Is there any inherent problem with having two Samba servers on a single LAN?
Will there be
any conflicts?
Thanks,
Michael
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> Michael
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> Michael Viron
> Registered Linux User #81978
> Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
> Web Spinners, University of West Florida
