On Monday 31 May 2004 1:42 pm, Sergio Dominguez wrote:
Hi all,
I guess this is a very basic question, but I do not get anything googling. I have several linux machines here in my office, and I'd like that all sorts of connection amongst these machines do not pass through the general gateway, but go directly from one to the other.
How can I do that?
Thanks,
Sergio
Assumption: There is a physical path between all machines that does not go through the general gateway [or if it does, it goes in and out of the LAN side of the gateway without passing between the LAN and the WAN sides of the gateway]. If this is the case, then your setup most probably already meets your requirement. Google on 'netmask' and 'subnet' and 'IP address'. Basically all tcp/ip nodes are routers, even if they have only 1 network interface. S can route to D if: IP(S) [bitwise AND] netmask(S) = IP(D) [bitwise AND] netmask(S) Similar requirement for D to route back to S. Of course they must be on the same media, with or without hubs. hth Vince Littler