On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 00:30 -0500, ka1ifq wrote: > On Sunday 31 December 2006 00:02, Mike Noble wrote: > > > > Here is the setup, > > > Machine 1, my main machine Machine 2, > > > Remote Machine ( in same > > > building ) Nic 1, Network 1, connects to internet ( Nic 1, > > > Network 1 ) - > > > possible... via router. > > > Nic 2, Network 2, just for VNC to Machine > > > 1 Nic 2, Network 2, just for VNC to > > > Machine 2 > > > > > > I think I could just do a swap cable between the two nic 2's . > > > > > > I haven't done much with multi-nic routing. I did a software router / > > > firewall about 8 years ago.. > > > > > > Thanks, Mike > > > > Since Machine 1 and Machine 2 are in the same building, are Nic1 on > > both machines in the same subnet? > > Does Machine 1 have direct access to Machine 2, ie. not haveing to > > go through the router? > > > > Mike > > Yes they are on the same subnet, but there is no direct connect only > via the > router. I would like to do a direct connect between them just for the VNC and > would have to be on another subnet (as I see it) , thus all the questions > (I'm learning)
There is _no_ need for the separate nic as VNC uses very little bandwidth. Eliminating the router will not make it any faster. I have used VNC across dialup to an office in another state and although it was slow it worked (and was faster then flying there to fix a problem). -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
