On Sunday 01 August 2004 05:06 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
John,
On Sunday 01 August 2004 17:52, John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 01 August 2004 03:09 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
I've successfully added a virtual alias using YaST with no problems whatsoever. I have only one physical network interface, but since my ISP provides static addressing and I have local devices to which I assign non-routable addresses that are (of course) not in the same network as my global IP, I have to use the virtual alias to make them accessible.
Randall: Nics cost $14. (free if you scrounge around a bit). Get another and do it right. That way you can set up linux as a firewall/router.
Actually, the only non-routable device I have at the moment is my DSL modem, so a second NIC could not help me access it, since it has only one Ethernet port.
Randall Schulz
Meby I got your situation all wrong then... I thought you had more than one computer you wanted to hook to the DSL modem. The normal way is a two nic Linux box, with all the other boxes hanging off the second nic in private address space (192.168.yadda.yadda). Its fun and educational to build such a box, but routers do the same for about $30 bucks and are no bigger than a paperback book these days. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen