Re: Clueless Newbie needs Networking Help
Tor- Simon Law wrote:
<snip about needing to set up dynamic IP addressing on a
client>
> As far as Windows services and protocols are concerned, they want me
> to start up: Client for Microsoft Networks, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, and
> TCP/IP. I'm using an ISA D-Link DE250CT card, but I think I've
> successfully loaded up the module as dmesg | more, shows it detecting
> the right IRQ and the I/O address I gave it.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
> Yours,
> Simon
It's been my experience that when installing Debian I don't worry
about the dynamic IP addressing at that point; instead, I just
pick a "safe" IP address and plug it in temporarily during the
network setup. Later, after the base install, I go back and add
dhcpd (the client is dhcpd; the server is dhcp (I believe)). This
dhcpd client will allow your client PC to pick up dynamic IPs
from your campus network, including such things as subnet masks
and gateways, etc.
I've never had to deal with IPX/SPX, so I don't know what's
involved there, but I do believe it is a supported protocol on
Linux, so maybe someone else has some info on it.
As far as NetBEUI goes, I believe you'll find smbfs[x] (x for
kernel versions greater than 2.1.70 I believe; non-x for previous
kernel versions) to be what you want. I believe you'll need to
recompile your kernel so that it has support for Microsoft lanman
shares (WFW, Win95, etc); I'm not sure exactly what it's called,
but I think you'll recognize it when you see it. If you've never
compiled a kernel before, it can be a daunting thought, but it
gets easier with experience. After getting that support compiled
into your kernel and rebooting, you'll need to install the
smbfs[x] package. You don't need the Samba packages; that allows
you to turn your Linux box into a Wwindows-style server (for
example, if you wanted to share your printer or files to Windows
clients). smbfs[x] to be a Windows client; Samba to be a Windows
server.
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