Re: beginner networking book/reference?
- From: houghi <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 16:37:47 +0200
Elmo wrote:
hi all
Can someone refer me to a good beginner's manual? i have to install a
private, 4 computer and 1 server small network, and I am having some issues
understanding how things work.
Begin first with `susehelp`. Here about just the network.
In basic it is very simple. I asume you will be using a hub. A small box
to wich you connect all 5 PCs. A server is just another PC.
What you do next is give each PC its own IP number.
e.g. 192.168.0.1-5
Now you start the network and you should be able to 'see' all 5 PC's by
a 'ping'. So do on each machine `ping 192.168.0.1` then `ping ...2` and
so on.
The next thing you might want to do is to give the PCs names, so it will
be easier to remember: Read http://rfc.sunsite.dk/rfc/rfc1178.html
Say you have Mercurius, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, you then put the
following in each and every PC in /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.1 mercurius
192.168.0.2 venus
192.168.0.3 earth
192.168.0.4 mars
192.168.0.5 jupiter
Now you are able to do a `ping mars`.
Your network is up and running. Pick a machine that is a server and run
the services on that that you like.
Nothing much without an internet connection. Plug in a modem or second
network card in the machine that will do the connection (most likely
the server) and if it is a network card, give it IP an IP like 10.0.0.1.
The modem will most likely have 10.0.0.138 or whatever. Nect set up
marquerading and firewall with YaST.
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