[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/19/99 > at 11:56 AM, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >Would it be acceptable to just set up the Linux box with a static route > >pointing at your NT box and no default route? This would prevent it from > >talking to any other machines even if it's physically using the same wire. > > They are concerned about broadcast packets (mentioned in another post). I'm > not sure that this would work if the wire is shared. I was thinking of a > direct connection between the two machines in the same office. > > I apologize for not being a network-aware person (strictly home-grown) so my > understanding of some suggestions is limited. Suffice it to say that support > at work is going to be VERY limited, too. > > Kenward
I'm not a network person either, but here's a kludge if nothing else works. Do a parallelport-to-parallelport network between your Debian box and the Windows box. I don't know the particulars; it's just a hazy idea.
