OT?: How to enable my Linux network for W98 machines?>Does someone have a hint on how to set up W98 machines to work in my (small) >Linux (eth-based, 100Mbps) network. One Linux box is used as a >gateway, the others have their traffic routed using ipchains. Setting >up the ipchains rule and the gateway entry in the othe boxes Linux is >sufficient. DNS addresses are given in resolv.conf. > >1. Which are the corresponding steps in W98? >2. Giving the IP address, gateway address and the host identity of the >IP network driver entries for the W98 box I have been able to ftp to >the linux box(es). Which steps are necessary to connect to the Internet >via the gateway, from W98. Do I have to install bind for DNS services >via named?
Not sure about this stuff. Probably good to read the Firewall and NAT/IP masquerading howtos (there may be even more applicable ones). There's even been articles on this very topic on Linux web sites, so a web search might be useful. >3. Since I can ftp to my Linux boxes, if the service was enabled I >could log in to Linux from W98, using eg telnet, right? Is it possible >to do the reverse, i.e. login to the W98 box(es) from Linux box(es), >for example to use remote control tools? Are there any open source versions >of such tools (not netbus/backorifice?) and SSH servers/clients available? Presuming your Linux boxen are not command line only, then you could try VNC. It's source is available and both client and servers are available across a variety of platforms. I have heard that its possible to use it over SSH, but you might need to do some digging to work out how. >4. For file and printer sharing do I have to install Samba? yes :). Samba howto and docs in /usr/doc/samba are your friend. >5. How to enable automatic dial up for pppd, when traffic is present on >the other machines? A dial-up ISDN connection is used for this. I have >tried diald but did not like it (too long tineouts before releasing >the connection). I don't know for sure, but I would have thought that diald had configurable timeouts? >6. Anything else to think of? That should get you started, anyway :) - Chris
