Re: Running X11 over a network

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

   Incidently, do you know what kind of performance hit I will get running
   X over 20m of BNC cable (there are 2 other (Win'95) machines on the
   network)?

It won't be too bad.  I used to regularly run Netscape remotely from
an SGI halfway across campus, and the performance was quite
acceptable.  Other than startup time (which is always slow with
Netscape), it was hard to tell that I wasn't sitting at the SGI.

   BTW, I wasthinking about the IP addresses and would it make sense for me
   to use 192.168.xxx.1 and 192.168.xxx.2 (xxx=random number) in case I
   added someone elses Linux system to my network for some reason in the
   future?

It doesn't matter.  You can always change IP addresses.  Personally, I
use 192.168.128.x just for the hell of it.

   I am also confused about how each computer knows the others IP address.
   Does it just broadcast it over the whole network and anyone who wants it
   grabs it?

No, in one sense.  Either you have to set up hostnames in the
/etc/hosts file or run a DNS server for them to `know the others [sic]
IP address'.

Yes, in one sense.  This is the ARP protocol.


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