I'm learning about networking stuff in GNU/Linux. Windows isn't built for it, so I don't have the basic understanding I need yet.
I support and communicate with my folks over the net, and I was using Netmeeting in Windows. That gave me chat, voip, video, filesharing, and remote control (they have to share the errant app, but then I can show them what's up). I'm looking into how to do these things in GNU/Linux. I know about Gnomemeeting. I need to get the other aspects going, and I've been pointed at ssh, which appears to handle the other aspects. But I've run into this: Currently, the systems I'm going to be doing this between are all attached to the "inside" of the same hardware gateway/router, all on the 192.168.2.0 network. In the next month or so, his will remain "there" and mine will be on the road, probably using PPP. In the longer term, I'm hoping mine will be settled behind it's own hardware gateway/router, attached to some broandband connection Down Under. Starting with the current setup, which is my practical lab and classroom, how does one system find the other? All the machines are getting their IP via DHCP, so it's not guaranteed to be the same. The system names aren't available in any DNS scheme I know of (I'd love to hear about a facility for this). I can put entries into /etc/hosts if the IPs were static, but they aren't, and certainly won't be when I'm connecting by PPP. We are already connecting through IM protocols, using gaim. Conceivably I can simply tell him my IP when I connect, but I'm wondering what is the canonical way to handle this? How do I handle it now, when the IP is dynamic (even though it's unlikely to change I want to work on the general solution while it's easy to do it - while I have my hands on all the systems). The power fails here periodically, and the cable modem he's on renegotiates it's IP each time - even that's not static. Thanks for info, Bret -- bwaldow at alum dot mit dot edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
