Hi bascule,
If you have a look at the following URL, you will find all you need to get
you going. I followed the instructions to get my 486 configured as a router
and firewall for my small home network.
http://members.home.net/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO-1.82.html
I have a question for you:
I have a 486/66 VL-bus PC with 32MB RAM and a Trident Video card. I have not
been able to install anything after RedHat 5.2. I'm interested in upgrading
to MDK 7.02 486 and am interested to hear that you have been successful at
it. Can you tell me if your H/w is similar to mine?
Thanks,
Ot 8^)
-----Original Message-----
From: bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, 12 June 2000 10:38
Subject: [newbie] networking question
>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!
