On Tuesday 19 October 2004 04:50, Russell W. Behne wrote: > I want to network 2 computers off of my host. (One for each of my kids.) > Right now both new boxes are windows only. I have a couple old hard > drives that I will install, one in each box, to use for Linux. I want: > > 1. Both computers to be able to dual boot using lilo, Linux as > default, with a super-bare-bones Linux install, (See #3.) > 2. Use static IP addresses for all 3 machines, 127.0.0.1 for > mine, 127.0.0.11 for the first dual-boot machine, and > 127.0.0.12 for the second.
Russel, the adress 127.0.0.1 is reserved as "local host" and you'll be having some trouble trying t get that range of numbers to work. On a private lan you should use ranges like 192.168.0.xxx or 192.168.1.xxx ....whre xxx goes up to 254. What you want is all very feasible but as apparently you have no idea what so-ever about networking: Browse through a book about setting up a network (for beginners) first! It should save you a lot of frustration setting up and maintaining your lan. You don't want us to set up your lan...you want to do it yourself, don't you? -- Good luck, HarM
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