Re: subnets & 2 NICS in a mashine
On Thursday 09 November 2000 12:05, robert_wilhelm_land wrote:
> Robert Guthrie wrote:
> > Now, I'm not quite sure what your setup is here, so let see if your setup
> > is the same as mine...
> >
> > 1 linux box, serving NFS and SMB to 2 desktops that dual-boot linux and
> > windows 98.
> >
> > Under linux, I mount (among other things), /home over nfs, so that when I
> > log in to any linux computer, I have the same files available.
>
> Thats a good idea! Does this mean that all settings (X11, fvwm2, the
> whole enviroment) will be used on the client?
>
Well, not exactly; If you have, say 5 computers that have different video
cards, you'll want them configured differently (XF86config file).
You'll probably need to add the same software to each workstation to support
the same set of window managers and other applications. You could share /usr
over nfs, and that _MIGHT_ work, but it'd be slow; plus, that could cause
SERIOUS problems with package management.
Mostly, I just share home out so that I have the same www bookmarks, same
mail folders, and same custom scripts (under ~/bin) available to me. There
are lots of issues when you do this kind of thing, though (you have to make
sure your /etc/group and /etc/passwd files are synchronised across the LAN,
so that every machine identifies group and user ownership correctly.
> > Under windows, I map a drive letter (H:) to an SMB share of my home
> > directory, accomplishing roughly the same thing.
> >
> > I do this all on one network. I use another machine (on the same
> > network) as a router/gateway/firewall to my dial-up account.
> >
> > Now, are you serving 3 computers with your nfs/smb linux box in roughly
> > the same way as I am?
>
> I just wanted to spare (at least for some time) a switch, therefore
> had the idea to plug 2 NICS into the linux server who serves 1 Win95
> box and 1 linux box.
>
> > Is there some reason you want to use two different NICs?
>
You can usually support 10 or more computers over NFS and SMB shares before
you start seeing bandwith problems (on 10Mbits, on 100Mbits, you have more
bandwidth that you can shake a stick at).
> Networks are a very difficult area, it is just attempt to understand
> the simplest things...
>
Again, I think you're compicating your life by creating 2 subnets to support
only 2 computers.
> > Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you
> > will hear the voice of Satan?
> >
> > That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
>
> Wher did you get that from! :))
>
I saw it on somebody else's .signature. I copied it from memory, so I can't
credit the original author.
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