On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Jack Killpatrick wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, I setup my first Linux box at home the other night. Yay!
Hear hear!
> Now, my next task is to get the network between the Linux box and the NT to
> work. I've never set this up before, so I've been rummaging through
> newsgroup archives digging up info. NT comes with no manual, only some
> crappy Word doc and an inneffectual help module (what do you expect for $250
> for the boxed version of NT Workstation: instructions?)...
Umm, did you take a look at the docs that come with RedHat? I'm sure you
paid less than $250 for it. :)
> so far, what I've gleaned is that I should be setting up a class C network
> between the machines (coaxial ethernet cable), using IP addresses between
> 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.255.0 with netmask 255.255.255.0. I'm confused about
> gateways and WINS now. Any light someone can shed would be appreciated. Oh,
> I also figure I'll need to use Samba so the Linux box will show up on the
> network in NT, but gotta research that some more.
Stay away from WINS, use DNS if you need to. Might be a good idea to
setup the Linux box as a caching DNS server and point your NT box there.
Your gateway should be whatever box is going to route to the Internet. If
you aren't doing that you won't even need a gateway.
The Linux box is a good choice for this. Check out the stuff on IP
masquerading..
Have fun with your Linux!
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Jordan B. Baker -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
weaving the web @ http://www.spyderlab.com
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