Many questions (mostly Network)

1997-09-17 Thread Mike Patterson
1) I have a rather strange setup, and I'm confused on how to implement it. It looks something like this: |---| ~~~| Gateway ||---[A Machine] |---|| | |---[A Machine] |---|| | Fileserv ||---[A

Re: Many questions (mostly Network)

1997-09-17 Thread Dima
Mike Patterson wrote: ... So my questions are: * Can I have two ne-2000 compatible cards in the same system? You can stop other drivers from probing i/o ports and tell them which port to use as well, so it doesn't have to be 2 ne2k's -- other cards will do, too. Some ne2k's have to

Re: Many questions (mostly Network)

1997-09-17 Thread Kevin Traas
So my questions are: * Can I have two ne-2000 compatible cards in the same system? No problem. See the Multiple-Ethernet HOWTO. * assuming the gateway can pump data extremely fast, will I be losing a ton of permformance by going from 10baseT to thin BNC? In other words,

Re: Many questions (mostly Network)

1997-09-17 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Mike Patterson wrote: -- 3) Ok, now let's say one of the A Machines is a Linux box that uses PPP to hook into a secure site (behind a firewall). Let's say (oh, for example) that everything behind the firewall is