On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 13:36 +0000, Mr. Geek wrote: > et wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 10:49 +0000, Mr. Geek wrote: > > > >>et wrote: > >> > >>>I did figure Lanma,,, err Mr. Geek,,, needed a home cooked dinner a LOT > >>>worse than I do... > >>> > >>>after looking at ifconfig, I can see there is no DHCP server giving IP > >>>addreses to your IP cards, so now we have to decide if you are going to > >>>run an DHCP server on the Mandriva box, or assign each box it's own > >>>IP.... > >> > >>Well, so much for my secret identity! You're right about the home-cooked > >>meal part. et, but I wasn't lying about the adsl part, Mr. Smarty Pants! > >> > >>It won't work on a dial-up connection, Mr. Glass Half-Empty! Nya Na Na > >>Na Na! > >> > >>On the other hand, it was a nice try for a free invite and meal! He He! > >>Thanks Dude! > >> > >>Now, as for the IP addresses, whaddya think? Go static? Rosemary would > >>need a static IP for the Mandriva box anyway, and this would save her a > >>bit of CPU and Ram for not having to run > >> > >>I'd sugest the usual 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 for the Mandriva box and > >>192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0 for the Mepis box with that one using a > >>gateway of 192.168.1.1. > >> > >>Rosemary will have to use the DNS info from her ISP for this to work. > >>can you walk her through it? I have to take off for a bit. > > > > agreed about static IPs in the 192.168.x.x ranges... > > but the mandriva box can act as the gateway thru the ADSL modem, so the > > switch will be working, and working to share the internet connection, > > but just not as the gateway device... nes pa? > > Au contraire mon ami! > > Considering that Rosemary has a standard dial-up connection, she can't > use the ADSL modem at all. At least not until she subscribes for a > DSL/ADSL internet service, than is. Until then an ADSL modem would > simply act as an attractive paperweight. > > But you're bang on about the Mandriva box being a gateway device, just > that it will have to use her standard hardware modem instead of an ADSL > modem. And, of course she can use the switch, by connecting it to the > network interace on the Mandriva box, and then connect the switch to the > Mepis box via standard network cable. i completely missed adsl part...
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