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[Cleary_Mike@xxxxxxx]

I forgot to mention this in the first post, but I have already done this.
One machine has the address 192.168.22.1 and the other is 192.168.22.2.
I then updated both /etc/hosts files, but they still couldn't ping each
other.  My name server list consists of 192.168.254.254 which is the IP of
the router.  The domain search list has only "local" in it.  These settings
were chosen automatically for me on one machine (when I chose the "automatic
address setup" option).


Mike
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Sheehan [mailto:b.sheehan@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 11:26 AM
To: Cleary_Mike@xxxxxxx
Cc: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [SLE] Home network questions


Hi Mike,

You don't need to set up NIS.  All you need is to assign IP addresses to
your machines and put them in the /etc/hosts file.   Use a reserved address
range like 192.168.x.x .

You might want to do some reading first.  Try the Linux Documentation
Project:  http://www.tldp.org .  There are full-length books in there,
including the famous "NAG" (Network Adminstration Guide).


Bill Sheehan
Postmaster
617-373-7927



 

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I just installed 8.0 on my new machine last night - so I now have linux on
2
machines

which are connected through a router to my DSL modem.  I managed to get
access

to the internet on both machines by choosing to "get IP address
automatically"  in the

Yast2 network module.  Also, I stumbled across the command "rcnetconfig
-start" in

the manual and tried it on both machines.  This was what finally gave me a
connection.

Do I have to give this command every time I boot into linux?



However I cannot ping either machine from the other.   I want each machine
to be

able to "see" the other machine, share files, etc.  I suspect that I need
to
set up NIS in

order to do this (as you can see I don't know much about setting up a
little
home

network...:-)   Do I need to set up one machine as a server & the other a
client?



Any advice would be greatly appreciated!



TIA,



Mike

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