Robert Guthrie wrote: > On Wednesday 08 November 2000 23:21, John wrote: > > > > As far as i know you will have to use 2 subnets and if you want the > > 192.168.0.xxx range to be able to talk > > to the 192.168.1.xxx range you will need to do ipforwarding between the 2. > > > > > I agree with this assessment. > > > > > robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > > > Would someone kindly help me in understanding why I cannot configure > > > two ethernet cards using the same subnet but different IP's on one > > > mashine? > > > > > > In this case I would like to setup a linux server for a smb-win32 and > > > a nfs-nfs connection (in all 3 mashines) > > > > > > Any short comment is appreciated > > > > > > Robert > > 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? > 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? Networks are a very difficult area, it is just attempt to understand the simplest things... > 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! :)) Robert
