On Tuesday 04 March 2003 11:35 pm, Sevatio wrote: > OS: Mandrake 9.0 > > I'm not sure if this is possible but I'll see if any of you guys know > how to do this. > > I have a cable modem connected to a hub. Then two linux boxes connected > to that hub. They each have their own IP addresses. When I transfer > files from one to the other, the speed is limited by the speed of my > internet connection (which is around 256kbps). > > How do I make it so that my linux boxes can transfer files at the > maximum LAN speed of the hub? Or to rephrase: how do I route the > packets so that they don't have to go out to the internet and then come > back to the other pc but instead go straight through the hub from one pc > to another? > DO both boxes have public ip addrresses from your isp? One of those SOHO router/switches translating private addresses to public would allow this. Are you sure it is a hub, or is it a swtich?
-- Greg
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