i am having trouble setting up two machines to talk to each other, i'll
put all the questions in this one post since they are all related,
1) do i need to 'fake' a domain for both machines to belong to or is it
enough to give each machine a name?
2)is the ip address of each nic the same as each machine or is that
different? (i ask because i know that one machine could have more than
one nic)
3)do i need a default gateway or to set up any routing info if i only
have two machines connected via a hub?
4)i know about the reserved ip addresses but does it matter which
address in an allowed range is used? i have used 192.168.0.1 on one box
and 192.168.0.2 on the other
5)what other quiestions should i have asked?!
i have never connected two machines before, i have read a couple of
books but they are a little over my head and seem to assume a lot, my
machines both run mandrake 7-02 one is a 486 and one is an amdk6-2 400,
i have installed a netgear ea201 in each machine and according to the
diagnostic disk provided both are setup ok. of course until i know that
linux is configured properly in both machines i won't know this for
sure,
any answers, recommended books, urls gratefully received,
it is my intention to one day have the 486 machine be a firewall, i
perceive that one day the uk will have reasonably priced unmetered isp
access and i want to be ready!
