"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?
---
If you are NOT using DHCP your OTHER machines (the one's without the
modem/connection) will use the IP address of your internet connected
machine's ethernet card as the gateway. I.E. 192.168.1.1 as Michael
indicated.
The internet connected machine is it's own gateway to the internet, so
do not give it an explicit gateway address.
If you've set the following ppp options... "noipdefault defaultroute" a
ppp connection will automatically establish itself to 1) have no default
IP, but instead use that assigned by the ISP, 2) use the modem
connection as a "default" route to the internet...
>
>
> >
> >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?
---
No. I've set up 20 Samba servers on a single LAN...
Although you should set up the unit likely to remain up the longest, as
the "browse master".
This permits it to maintain the list of available "shares" in both
winblows and Samba.. I normally kick up the "os level" of the browse
master from 33 to 34 to insure that it wins the elections...
You might also consider utilizing DOMAIN logins so that your Winblows
machines need only use one login to access all the Samba resources...
-JMS
