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Why DHCP? He could just go around and put all the Macs on static addresses. As
for the SuSE box, just configure the kernel for NAT...connect one end of the
box to the net, the other to the hub that the Macs are connected to...voila.
Russell
On Sunday 25 July 2004 18:40, Ken Elliott wrote:
> Ok all you Linux Experts....
>
> AJ needs his Linux box to be a DHCP server and router for a bunch of Macs.
> He has a DSL wireless router in the front room connected to his wife's PC.
> His backroom Linux box is connected via wireless and sees the internet just
> fine. He works on Macs and needs to be able to connect them to the
> Internet for software upgrades. He has a hub that is plugged into the
> Linux wired Network card, as are the Macs. The Linux box wireless NIC is
> configured via DHCP on the router(192.168.1.x). The second (wired) NIC in
> the Linux box is fixed at 192.168.2.10.
>
> He needs you highly intelligent fellows to come to his aid and tell him how
> to configure DHCP and routing on this SuSE 9.1 box, so his Macs can see the
> Internet.
>
> I did my part on the phone, by helping him simplify what he has, but when
> he fires up DHCP in YAST, he gets errors, and I've never setup DHCP on
> Linux. <imagine a "whoosh" sound over my head>
>
> Please help him before he places that XP CD in the drive...
>
> Ken Elliott
>
> =====================
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of A2L1
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:02 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] networking
>
> I am not the best at clarification , let me try to clearly explain.
> Although the dual dhcp thing might be the problem.
> OK here it goes. The linux box has its internet conection by PCI wireless
> card so the internet to the back room is only by wireless. So that I dont
> have to buy multiple wireless cards I figured to make use of what I have. I
> have the linux box up
> 24/7 and it has a built in nic so I figured to use that as a "server" to
> the D-link router(which is also just laying around. The D-Link is set as a
> dhcp server. I have multiple macs and a few other tower units (windows and
> linux). If the D-Link is hooked up I can then just plug and unplug as I
> need the other units to be online.
> Now if there is a problem with the linux box being a dhcp server to the
> router which in turn is a dhcp server then I guess the linux box would have
> to still be a server to the router but using a static?
> Networking is not even close to something I comprehend fully and I get just
> more confused as I read more, mostly the terminolgy is difficult to put in
> context. In plain and simple terminolgy here is what I would like to do !.
> get the linux box to act as a server to provide internet to the
> router/firewall 2. Have the router/firewall act as a server so that I may
> plug in different units that I am testing or working on.
> 3.I would like to use the existing hardware that I have. i have plenty of
> nic's and a ton of cable, two different router/firewalls/.
> The problem with wireless with the mac is the macs use 40 bit wep and wont
> hook up to the 64 bit wep on the wireless so in order to get internet
> access for the macs I have to either have a cable(rj45) connection or have
> to use mac
> airport(expensive) which I do not want to buy.
> With everything that can be done with linux there has to be a way to use
> the linux box with its wireless internet access to provide internet access
> to the other units in the room, I just dont have a clue on how.
> For now I will try to have the D-Link issue static IPs and see if I can
> connect, but I would prefer a dhcp because it would be easier when I hook
> up other boxes.
> Thanks for the input, I'm off to try.
> A J
>
> On Saturday 24 July 2004 16:19, Ken Elliott wrote:
> > >>I installed and initiated both dhcp and dns servers
> > >>
> > >>The D-Link shows a Wlan signal and when I connect a caple to it and
> > >>to the
> >
> > mac it also shows a connection.
> >
> > Do you have DHCP turned OFF on the D-Link router? You can't have two
> > DHCP servers on the same network segment.
> > So, if you have the Mac and Linux box both plugged into the router you
> > must either use the router's DHCP server, _OR_ the Linux DHCP server,
> > but never both. Now, if you have two network cards in the Linux box,
> > one going to the router, one going to the Mac, that's different.
> >
> > Why are you going to the trouble of using a DNS server for just 2
> > computers? It that's all there are, you could simply create a hosts
> > file on each machine, containing the hostname and IP address of the
> > other, and either use fixed IP addresses, or configure your router to
> > assign a known IP address based on the NIC hardware address.
> >
> > I don't think I understand everything you're trying to do, so more
> > information will help.
> >
> > Smarter more Linux-savvy guys will chip in soon.
> >
> >
> > Ken Elliott
> >
> > =====================
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of A2L1
> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 3:18 PM
> > To: slug@nks.net
> > Subject: [SLUG] networking
> >
> > Hello,
> > Things were progressing nicely, got the antenna up and signal strenght
> > is up on the wireless and that is all working well.
> > The problem I am having is getting SuSE 9.1 pro to act as a dhcp
> > server. I installed and initiated both dhcp and dns servers and they
> > are up and running according to yast. I connected a cable to the
> > onboard nic ( which is designated as eth0 by the bo and the other end
> > to a D-Link router/firewall. The D-Link shows a Wlan signal and when I
> > connect a caple to it and to the mac it also shows a connection. The
> > mac shows an Ip and subnet but cant connect to the net. i cannot ping
> > the linux box from the mac. I can access the D-Link from the mac and
> > access all the settings(they all seem right---dhcp).
> > I am assuming that the SuSE box is not sending a dhcp to the D-Link
> > and I dont know what to do next. Has anyone set a SuSe
> > 9.1 pro box as a dhcp server and would it be possible to get a copy of
> > the /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd. I assume that is what needs modifying? Any
> > help is appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > A J
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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