On Saturday 30 December 2006 19:57, ka1ifq wrote: > On Saturday 30 December 2006 22:26, John Andersen wrote: > > On Saturday 30 December 2006 16:38, ka1ifq wrote: > > > On Saturday 30 December 2006 19:44, John Andersen wrote: > > > > On Saturday 30 December 2006 11:03, ka1ifq wrote: > > > > > Hello All: > > > > > I have a home network with 6 mixed os machines connected to a > > > > > router for internet access, this all works great. I would like to > > > > > add another network card to my main machine just for a VNC > > > > > connection on a seperate network, as this would be an endpoint I am > > > > > not sure how to proceed and all of the books I have don't cover > > > > > anything like this or are just too old. > > > > > > > > What is an "endpoint"? > > > > > > Thanks for the info John. > > > > > > The plan was to have a seperate connection for only 2 machines so I > > > could use VNC between them to not hog the main internet network. > > > > > > By endpoint I meant that the end of the second network would be my > > > main machine, so there really needs to be no routing. It looks like I > > > setup a second nic in my main machine and point my remote machine at > > > it. > > > > > > Thanks, Mike > > > > Ok, but its still not clear to me if you have a separate connection to > > your ISP for this second nic, or if it all leaves the building on the > > same wire. > > > > If only one connection to your ISP, there's no point in doing a second > > nic. > > > > VNC isn't that bad on bandwidth utilization if you set it for 256 > > colors. > > Here is the setup, > Machine 1, my main machine Machine 2, > Remote Machine ( in same > building ) Nic 1, Network 1, connects to internet ( Nic 1, > Network 1 ) - > possible... via router. > Nic 2, Network 2, just for VNC to Machine 1 > Nic 2, Network 2, just for VNC to > Machine 2 > > I think I could just do a swap cable between the two nic 2's . > > I haven't done much with multi-nic routing. I did a software router / > firewall about 8 years ago.. > > Thanks, Mike
Since Machine 1 and Machine 2 are in the same building, are Nic1 on both machines in the same subnet? Does Machine 1 have direct access to Machine 2, ie. not haveing to go through the router? Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
