On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 08:50 , Mark Benson wrote: > On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 01:34 PM, Eagle wrote: >> 1- You have a bunch of LocalTalk-only Macs >> 2- You use IPNetRouter 68k to route IP to said LocalTalk Macs > > Nahhhahhh. All on Ethernet.
Well, whatever. Substitute "Ethernet" where I wrote "LocalTalk." Now is it correct? >> 3a- In certain situations, you use a Windows box to route from >> LocalTalk >> to Internet (via IPNR) > > When did I ever mention Windows. Nooo, that's something entirely > different. Sorry, I'm on Rumsfled mode again... You wrote: > 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. That's where the Windows box comes from. OK so it goes through a Linux box first. So... are you going from Ethernet (Was "LocalTalk") THROUGH IPNR THROUGH Linux THROUGH XP? Or just From Ethernet (was "LocalTalk") through XP? Either way will require SOME amount of reconfiguration. >> 3b- In other situations, you use an iBook running IPNetShareX to route >> from LocalTalk to Internet (via IPNR) > > No, you got the wrong end of the stick entirely, sorry. Should I give up > now? One problem is only that we do not yet understand what you want to do. A further problem is that you want to have your machines in different places and yet not have to reconfigure them. You will have to reconfigure, at minimum, the DHCP server, which should provlde to the clients an IP address, a subnet mask, a router address, and DNS information (including DNS server and domain name). If any of those pieces are hard-coded on the clients, then there is nothing you can do except reconfigure the clients to use ONLY DHCP. As I said earlier: what is your end goal? It seems that you want the unlikely (not quite "impossible"): having a setup such that your machines can be Here or There or Wherever... without reconfiguration. Is that right? 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
