Re: Intranet plus cable connection.

From: John Culleton (john_at_wexfordpress.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: 3 Feb 2004 07:32:10 -0800

"Oliver O'Boyle" <o.oboyle@celerica.ca> wrote in message news:<VrHTb.6045$bp1.262136@news20.bellglobal.com>...
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> you need a crossover cable between your linux box and your w98 box
> otherwise your tx will go to your tx as opposed to your rx. in other
> words, both machines will be talking but neither listening. if you
> use a crossover cable, you don't need a hub or switch to make this
> work.
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Aha! I think I have a straight through cable. So it's back to Radio
Shack to get the correct cable.

> on linux, enable forwarding (routing) between interfaces,

Via the route command? Another command?

 and
> configure your inside interface like this (outside will use DHCP from
> ISP):
>
> ifconfig 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
>

I suspect I would need to specify the inner card by addiing (in my
case) eth0 to the command. (eth1 is already taken for the internet
connection.) Am I right?

> and configure your w98 interface with an ip address of 192.168.0.2
> subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and with a gateway of 192.168.0.1. it can
> use the DNS servers from your ISP.

Again, which command should I use?
>
> ping each computer from the other to ensure IP connectivity. then,
> from w98, ping a server (using IP address) on the internet that you
> know isn't quenching ICMP echo's. if this works, ping same server
> using DNS name (host.domain.com). if these work, you are good to go.

Will do after the above is straightened out.

Thanks!

John C.

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