Suggestions for a small network
Jack Ryan
I currently have a Win 98 and NT 4 server networked. When I try to
configure my RH 5.2 box, I cannot even ping the NT server. I changed the
default gateway to the NT server IP address because it is the DNS
server. I noticed on the IFCONFIG that packets were TX but errors on RX.
What should the settings be for a non-routed network? I simply used
three different IP addresses for each machine and made the apporpiate
entries in the hosts file.
Should I let the RH box do the DNS?
I'm struggling to learn this linux, but anything is better than NT.
Thank God for a K/V/M switch.
Assistance appreciated.
Bill Kent
1. Use RFC 1918 addresses (192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.3 for your
situation). Use a mask of 255.255.255.0.
2. Is NT really running DNS, or is it running WINS? Linux doesn't talk
WINS (unless you're running SAMBA and let's not go there yet). Try
pinging the address, not the name.
3. Not sure on your network topology, but if it's 10Base-T, use a cross
cable between your NT and 98 machines (verifies the cable is good).
Then try it between your NT and Linux. This will eliminate your hub as
a problem. Then use the cable from the 98 machine to connect the Linux
box to the hub (you know it's good already).
4. Verify all your interupts for the RH machine. Is your ethernet
adapter conflicting with something else? I just spent 3 hours dealing
with that last week myself, and I think things acted pretty similar.
5. Make sure that you either have support for the NIC compiled into the
kernel or as a module. What is it anyway?
Hope that gets you going.
cent...@no_spam.crl.com
> I currently have a Win 98 and NT 4 server networked. When I try to
> configure my RH 5.2 box, I cannot even ping the NT server. I changed the
> default gateway to the NT server IP address because it is the DNS
> server. I noticed on the IFCONFIG that packets were TX but errors on RX.
You'll want to read NET-3-HOWTO. You need a route to your local network
with the gateway pointed to the Linux ethernet card, not the NT Server,
because the ethernet card is the next hop (so to speak) to your local
network. Try
/sbin/route add -net XXX.XXX.XXX.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0
which will install a route to the local network using the ethernet device
interface. I assume a Class C network, in which the first three numbers
MUST be the same on each machine (i.e. 192.168.1.XXX).
> Should I let the RH box do the DNS?
Either way, but IMHO DNS is easier to maintain on Linux box (at least
remotely).
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