Re: Networking ~ peer to peer
John,
> Walter writes:
> > IP address: as in the laptop: 192.168.0.2 ?
>
> What do you mean by "as in the laptop"?
I am setting up a small home network, to a win98 ACER extensa
710T. No hub, just 10 base T crossover cable.
I looked in control panel | network and then looke at the
properties of the TCP/IP bound to the ethernet card, and saw the
IP address there. Wayne has already mentioned that the Linux
machine will need a different IP address.
I notice that in the win98 setup each dial-up asks for the
server to set the IP address... so I can see how this would not
lead to a conflict... each machine has an IP address for
networking via ethernet, and another (asigned to it by the
server) when it is using ppp. I will set up Linux ppp in the
same way. Make sense?
> > Where is this leading me... I will now need to redo all this again later,
> > comments and tips appreciated.
>
> Actually, it looks pretty good. Since you refused to set a gateway you
> will not have messed up ppp.
The program (bootstrap?) is very confusing there... it would lead
somone in my position to say no to networking, rather than no to
a gateway.
If I am seeing this clearly (big question mark), then it is worth
making some changes in that program (which is what this is all
about... probably it is already on a To do list somewhere?)
Walter
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