> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sevatio > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Comcast & Routing > > > > Otto Haliburton wrote: > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sevatio > >>Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 10:23 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Comcast & Routing > >> > >>Hardware Scenario: 2 PCs connected to a hub/switch and the > hub/switch > >>is > >>connected to a Comcast cable modem that is then connected to the > >>Comcast > >>Cable Internet system. > >> > >>Main Question: Is it possible to route things in a manner that > enables > >>the 2 PCs to send data (via FTP or whatever) to each other at LAN > >>speed > >>(10/100mbps)? What happens now is that the data transfer is limited > >>to > >>Comcast's upstream limit (256kbps) because the packets are going out > >>to > >>the internet and coming back to the other PC. How would I set this > up > >>so that the packets to go directly through the hub/switch to the > other > >>PC resulting in a much faster transfer rate? > >> > >>Side note: I noticed that 2 PCs running Windows w/ Netbeui and file > >>sharing, the data transfer is that of LAN speed. > >> > >>So what is Netbeui & Windows File Sharing doing that is allowing the > >>LAN > >>speed connection between the 2 PCs and how can I get my 2 Linux > boxes > >>to > >> ftp to each other at LAN speed given the hardware scenario? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Sevatio > >> > >> > >>-- > >>redhat-list mailing list > >>unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > Are you connected through a hub or a router. In any case if your > > computers are networked together, why do you need to use ftp at all. > > Setup the systems as nfs or if they are windows map the drives and > you > > should not need ftp because you can access the files directly. The > > answer to your question is routing. If you are using a hub then you > > will not have the problem as long as the two computers have a common > > protocol to use (windows are using netbeui). > > > > > > So, you're saying that it makes a difference whether I use a hub or a > router? I have both but I've noticed no difference between the two > because I still can't send packets directly from one pc to another > through the hub/switch via ftp. Also, the netbeui thing was an > experiment. I prefer not using netbeui and Windows. > > Thanks > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
That's why because you have a hub and a router. You are using the router to have direct access to the internet from both system as well as probably to have a firewall also. I am not sure why you have the hub also. But here we go, everything (I think) that's being sent from any PC is being routed through the ISP and then getting routed back to the other computer because the router is dynamically assigning the IP addresses for each of the PC's, but it should be able route traffic between the PC's without using the ISP so you need to find out how to do that. If you were using the hub only then you would lose the firewall but everything that was going through the hub would be on the LAN. You would hook the ISP to the hub and the computers through the hub and then select one computer to connect to internet and all others would talk to the internet via proxy to that computer so that you don't have to pay for extra IP addresses. You will need a software firewall. There are some that are free. You should at that point be able to see all the computer on the LAN from each of the computers. Now I am sure that you can setup the router and hub together to stop routing through the ISP but you need to look at your documentation for the router to figure out how to do it. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
