On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:41:52 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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? > The problem is most likely in the setup of the hosts. Hubs and plain switches operate at Layer 2 and this is a Layer 3 (routing) problem among the hosts -- they're probably not in the same subnet as viewed by EACH host.
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