Bernie wrote:
> Where can I find information on setting up a router (the 486)
> - Linux as OS of course (or can DOS do it?) for the moment to
> access the modem - later on perhaps a cable modem.
Linux on the 486 definitely. Minimal install plus networking.
Should fit comfortably into a 40meg HDD. Slackware is ideal for
this. 8meg RAM is fine. The modem goes on this machine.
Make sure your Linux kernel includes the following settings:
experimental, modules, net, firewall, inet, ip_forwarding,
ip_firewall and ip_masquerade. These are all included in the
default Debian (2.1) kernel and the Slackware (3.5) bare.i
kernel.
First step is to get ppp working on this machine. pppconfig
(or something like that) should do it. Make sure you can dial
out and connect to your ISP. You should be able to browse from
this machine with Lynx.
Now you can configure your local TCP/IP network. Let's call the
486 (for this example) 192.168.1.1. The other machines will be
192.168.1.x (netmask 255.255.255.0). Make sure you can ping
between all the machines.
On the other machines, enter 192.168.1.1 as the gateway and
enter the ISP's DNS addresses as the nameservers.
On the 486, enter the following two commands:
ipfwadm -F -p deny
ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
(these are kernel 2.0.x commands, the 2.2.x ones are different)
Everything should now be ready. ppp-on on the 486 and once it
connects, every computer on the network should have access to
the internet. For automatic ppp-on see diald.
> First of all the P120 and K6-2 (DOS(with or without Win3) and
> DOS (with or without Win3)+Linux (might be with W95 as well))
> need to be able to access InterNet.
>From Linux it's easy. route add default gw 192.168.1.1
and make sure the nameservers are in resolv.conf.
>From DOS you will need the correct packetdriver for your
ethernet card (let me know if you don't have it). Then it's
just a matter of configuring your software. For example, in
Arachne, there is a network setup page which asks you for the
gateway address and nameservers.
>From Windows? I haven't a clue. I know it's possible, but I've
never done it myself. Perhaps you have to use Samba on the Linux
machine?
> I also need to be able to send files between the P166 (DOS + W95)
> and the K6-2 (DOS + Linux) - preferly between DOS-DOS
I use NS-LAN for this. Powerful, easy-to-use, small footprint.
> DOS-Linux
I use the SOSS network file server on my DOS machine and do a
NFS mount from my Linux machine.
> W95-DOS
Isn't there a DOS client somewhere for the Windows network?
> and W95-Linux.
Samba. This one's definitely Samba (on the Linux machine).
Let me know how you get on.
Cheers,
Steven
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