Ben Hood wrote:
> Also, if I was to use the BNC, are the T-connectors and Terminators
> *really* nescessary for a peer to peer network? [ie only 2 computers
> on there with a BNC-BNC cable of less than 2 metres]
Yes, they are necessary.
> I always wondered, how does the IP work when interfacing with the
> LAN? Surely If you was to use IP-Masq then cable modem would have to
> be physically separate from the rest of the computers? I've heard
> that Linux can support many network cards at once: one for modem
> cable and another for the LAN.
The gateway computer (which does the IP-masq) needs one interface
(ethernet card) for the LAN and another interface (card?) for the
cable modem. Linux can then be set up to firewall and route traffic
from the LAN to the cable modem. This happens automatically in the
background and doesn't use a lot of the computer's resources; so the
gateway computer can still be used for other things. For example,
you could run Netscape on the gateway computer (at the same time it
is routing, firewalling and IP-masquerading).
> I'm networking the 386SX and 386DX. I hope(d) to get a better
> computer to be the server but have no money.
These computers will do nicely for now. A worthwhile target would
be to browse the web simultaneously from both computers. The most
straightforward way of doing this would be to put Linux on both
computers and to use Lynx. Or you could use DOS & Arachne on the
non-gateway computer (while using Linux & Lynx on the gateway).
Cheers,
Steven
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