Re: How should I configure my two lancards on my Debian system?

2006/1/23, Sonixxfx <sonixxfx@gmail.com>:

Thanks Andrei, but I prefer to to try it first with the two lan cards I have. If it can't work this way, I am going to buy a router later.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Ben

2006/1/23, Andrei Popescu <andreimp@rdslink.ro>:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:22:15 +0100
Sonixxfx <sonixxfx@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a linux box connected directly to the internet that has two lan cards
> installed on it. I would like to connect two other computers to those cards
> so that they can make use of the internet connection. Can someone tell me
> how I should configure those cards to achive this?
> I actually already have a setup that makes it possible for one pc to connect
> to the internet using one of those cards, but I do not no how to configure
> the other. I have been thinking about a different subnet and bridging but I
> didn't really came further than that.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Ben

Cleanest way would be to buy a switch. You connect that to the second card of the gateway (the computer with the internet connection) and then connect the two other computers to the switch. If you buy one with "auto mdix" (some-times called auto cross-over) you don't even need to worry about the types of cables you use (straight/patch or cross-over). If you do it like this, the set-up for the second client computer is almost identical (identical if you use DHCP). One other advantage with this setup is that the third computer does not depend on the second in any way (if I understood correctly what you were proposing).

Andrei
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