Hello Matt, Thursday, December 06, 2001, 9:21:57 PM, you wrote:
MG> This is by far the easiest way to do it. But the mandrake wizard does it via MG> dhcp and I didn't like having both the dhcp daemon and the dns daemon (named) MG> running on my machine. They took more resources than I liked. I also thought MG> dynamic addresses would complicate other aspects of my network needlessly. So MG> I redid it with static IP addresses, eliminating dhcp. Also, it's really MG> ideal to have a third computer be your network's gateway. It can run NAT, the MG> firewall, the local name server, samba, etc and do just that, taking the MG> burden off your computer. That's how I will do it once I find another Just noticed your answer to this post, and was wondering if you could help me sort out a problem. I've finally got dhcp, samba, bastille and nat(sharing dialup connection) working on lm80, but just don't understand how to set up dns on a local network. I have run all the tests on samba, and everything works ok except that I can ping by name from linux to win98 but only by ip from win98 to linux. this appears to point to incorrect dns settings but I have no idea where to start. btw, I need to use dhcp so my laptop can be used at home and work. ================================================================ Colin Jenkins ICQ: 650611 registered linux user 223862 WEILER'S LAW: Nothing is impossible for the man who does not have to do it himself. ================================================================
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