On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 07:43 , Mark Benson wrote: > OK, nobody seems to get my drift so I obviously explained it about as > well Donald Rumsfeld ;). > > Heres what I have at the moment: > > 4 machines all using TCP/IP, 3 using OT, 1 using OS X. > All machines have static IPs assigned using the DHCP module in IPNR > All machines have a DNS name assigned through Mac DNS > All Machines are also setup to share via AppleTalk > All Machines talk fine over both AppleTalk and TCP/IP. > > The only modem is attached (built-into) my iBook > I dial up to my ISP through this modem. > > DNS & DHCP are administered from my LCIII, which runs MacDNS and IPNR > *already*. This machine runs 24/7 and never is disconnected but will > probably be replaced by my IIci when I get it as the IIci has the option > of 2 NICs. > > When I am at University I use my friends Linux server, which routes from > a Windows XP machine connected to ADSL (which Is how I know it can be > done), to do the above instead as it's already set up, I only set up > DNS, DHCP and stuff on my network at home to fill the gap while I'm not > at Uni, but I graduate in June so I will need it permanently after that. > > I could buy a modem for my LCIII (a serial 56k that works shouldn't be > *that* hard to find right?) or the IIci I am buying (same thing really). > On the other hand I could work out how to do the following: > > Using IPNSX I can broadcast the Internet connection over the network > with the following conditions: > > DNS and Router for all TCP/IP clients have to be set to the iBook. > IPNSX has to be running on my iBook to run the services, I can run them > by hand but it's gotta be the world's largest mess about. > > The way I see it I need to attach the iBook to a separate sub-net to > rout the internet connection to the rest of the network which means I > can't do it until I get my IIci and a couple if NuBus network cards (I > could do it on my Quadra if I bought one but I don't want to tie it down > and IIci machines make great servers). Is all this correct or can I do > it all on 1 hub and one NIC?
Mark, OK, let me see if I understand this correctly: 1- You have a bunch of LocalTalk-only Macs 2- You use IPNetRouter 68k to route IP to said LocalTalk Macs 3a- In certain situations, you use a Windows box to route from LocalTalk to Internet (via IPNR) 3b- In other situations, you use an iBook running IPNetShareX to route from LocalTalk to Internet (via IPNR) Perhaps we should start with a question: What is your end goal? I would guess that it is allowing your LocalTalk machines Internet access no matter how they are connected -- i.e. via Windows or via OS X. Since you have all of your machines already configured to access Internet through IPNR, there's no need to reconfigure ALL OF THOSE. Simply tell IPNR that its default route is your OS X box instead of the Windows NT box. Also, there's no need to reconfigure your machines to use your iBook as DNS. Either run a caching DNS server on any one of them (and don't change which one) or tell them to use ANY DNS server on Internet. ANY one. It doesn't matter which. Just remember: the farther away the DNS server is from your machines, the longer it will take to resolve names. But... ANY one will work. Unless your ISP blocks outbound DNS queries, but that's *highly* unlikely. I think what you have is a very workable situation, but that you're likely complicating it. As I said a moment ago, we should probably start by answering the question "What is your end goal?" Eagle -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
