On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've heard statements made of win4lin having a 'virtual' network card
> interface so it can get it's own IP address via DHCP.
>
> Now, I'll have my linux box on the network with an IP address-XXXA, win4lin
> will come up on the network and request a new address, but using the
> same ethernet mac address that my linux box is using. The
> DHCP servers here have the security on set to 'ANAL', will reject
> the request for a new IP address to the win4lin process because its using
> the same mac address that it already provided an address to.
>
> Under these circumstances, how am I to use win4lin 3.0?
Because the Win4Lin virtual NIC has its own MAC address to associate with
the DHCP request. It does not make the request using your physical NIC
card's MAC.
> Or if you claim I should ask for an exemption, take the case of having a
> DSL line at home and you're allowed a single IP address via DHCP server
> from your ISP.
>
> Under those circumstances, how am I to use win4lin 3.0?
A point of clarification - the virtual NIC is available but not required.
Its specific purpose is to support things like NetBEUI/Network
Neighborhood functions. It adds lots of other little networking features
that were otherwise hampered by Winsock 1.0, and in some cases, network
features that didn't work before will *probably* work under VNET because
it gets around Winsock 1.0, even if they haven't been tested and
specifically stated to work.
However, Winsock networking is still available and fully supported. If
that works for you now, you can use it with Win4Lin 3.0 exactly as it was
used in 2.0. The most common scenario for needing VNET would be to share
files with Windows machines on your home network. If that's your scenario
and you already have a gateway/firewall with a non-routable network "on
the inside" (e.g. a 10.x network for your home machines), you can run a
DHCP server on your firewall which could provide another 10.x address to
the Win4Lin session. Or, you could assign a static 10.x address to the
Win4Lin VNET session upon installation.
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