you could try setting up a bridge between the two cards, that gets ride of the routing issue! well between the 2 home PC atleast, still have to route to the internet.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:14:49AM +1100, Grant Parnell wrote: > Ken you must be tired... there's probably heaps of people out there with > second hand hubs & switches who can help Nicholas out :-) (heck I've got a > spare 10Mb hub I'd part with for $20 neg.) Routing & subnets is just > making a simple LAN difficult here. > > Nicholas, you're going to have to manually set the IP addresses on each > ethernet card in each operating system. To send packets from computer A to > computer C via computer B is called routing, computer B will need routing > enabled. If you persist without the hub setup IP's something like this > perhaps. > > [computer A] 192.168.2.3 (default route to 192.168.2.1) > | > | crossover cable > | > | 192.168.2.1 eth0 > [computer B] > | 192.168.2.2 eth1 > | > | crossover cable > | > [computer C] 192.168.2.4 (default route to 192.168.2.2) > > Assuming computer B is linux turn on routing in the file /etc/sysctl.conf > (on redhat at least).. otherwise add > echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file for example. > Hey, there might even be an "enable routing" option in some gui > somewhere... I don't know, I seem to find the gui ways last. > > There's probably a way to do it in Windows too, don't ask here ;-) > > As for sharing the net... lets try that another time ;-) > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Ken Foskey wrote: > > > Make sure you have subnets 1 & 2. for example: > > > > 192.168.0.X is the laptop side > > 192.168.1.X is the Dual boot side. > > > > netmask would be 255.255.255.0 > > > > Make the a) machine .1 on both those networks and make the gateway > > address the .1 address for that network. > > > > If you want to cross across you need to add a route to allow b) talk to > > c) and you also need to enable forwarding. > > > > >From a strictly security point of view the a) box has a lot on it. This > > is a risk and it stops being a proper secure gateway. > > > > The other thing you may want is masquerade as well. This "hides" your > > private address from the Internet. > > > > > > -- > ---<GRiP>--- > Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, > Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, > BMX rider, Walker, Raver & rave music lover, Big kid that refuses > to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! > Do people actually read these things? > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
