Re: nas???

["John Gay" <John_Gay@eur.3com.com>]

Thanks for the offer. I can ping between both PC's, it is just ftp and telnet
that only work one way. I don't know a lot about networking so I read the net3
HOW-TO and set up some files for the I.P. Addresses and route. I don't know what
is configured as far as the I.P. setting. I.E. Masquerading and such. I don't
have E-Mail set up on the Linux box yet, I am using E-Mail at work right now. It
just seems strange that X would work but not nas? As I understand it, nas works
just like X, the server runs on the local PC, providing access to the hardware,
in this case the sound card. The client then runs on the remote PC to interface
with whatever programme is using the sound interface. When the 486 powers up, I
log in as root, the only login on the PC. During bootup the PC reports that the
nas services started, but when I use the command auinfo, to get the information
on th audio server, I get connection to server refused. This is just local to
the PC. When I do this on the PII, I get loads of information about the audio
server. Both systems have the same base installation of Debian 2.1, then the 486
only has the minimum X server installed. I then used dpkg -i to install nas on
both PC's. This installed and configured nas on both PC's with no complaints.
On a related issue, I am a little worried that I can telnet into the PII from
the 486 without having set up any type of security. I wouldn't want anyone being
able to telnet to my PC when I'm on-line. Right now I use wvdial to connect to
my isp, then run Netscape for general surfing. I can also ftp to various sites
to download kernels and such. I'm sure there is an easier way, but as I said,
I'm new to all this. I have noticed that several ftp sites won't let me connect
because they can't resolve my address, or something like that. Is this a problem
with my setup or my ISP?
Well, work calls. Thanks again for all the help.

Cheers,

     John Gay