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[PLUG] Re: Linksys router / general networking questions
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John, are you currently using the linksys router I mentioned? Can you make
a recommendation as to whether it is a good brand / model? I did look at
the manual online but didn't pick up the part about port forwarding - thank
you for that recommendation. Also thank you for the suggestion about using
static ip's - from what I read online in the manual, it seems that it is
more geared towards DHCP. Using static IP's seems to make sense per your
note below.
Could I take a look at the Perl script you wrote? My knowledge of Perl is
limited, but I am learning, and this sounds like something that will be
useful in the near future. I plan on purchasing the router in the next 1-2
weeks, so I am sure that I will have many more questions in the future!
Thanks again!
John
Jarvis, John writes:
John,
The first thing I would do would be to read the linksys manual :) All you
need to do is set up port forwarding on the linksys to route incoming
requests for port 80 to your redhat box. You shoud do likewise if you plan
to run mail services or ftp (bad), telnet (bad), ssh (good).
You can set up the router to use DHCP although I usually turn that off, if
you only have 3 machines I suggest that leave DHCP off and make up your own
IP addresses on the CLASS C reserved 192.168.x.x and use your the dsl router
as a gateway.
For example, my setup.
DSL router - 192.168.64.1
3 linux boxes
maggie 192.168.64.2
bart 192.168.64.3
lisa 192.168.64.4
And one ME box
homer 192.168.64.5
When you set up the linux boxes you will need to specify the linksys router
box as your gateway, put in your ISPs DNS servers and you will be ready to
rock.
My IP address is dynamic so I wrote a small perl script that grabs the IP
address from the linksys box and updates my entry at dyndns.org, if you want
I can let you look at it.. its pretty simple, just does a wget on the
router, compares it to the last IP address and updates my dynamic dns if
necessary.
-John
-----Original Message-----
From: jbeck@jbwd.net [mailto:jbeck@jbwd.net]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:43 AM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] Linksys router / general networking questions
Hi all,
I have a few questions regarding networking - I am hoping some people here
can help me out. I am a total newbie to networking, so keep that in mind...
I currently have 3 pc's at home - a dual boot PC with win98+ slackware8.0
that is connected to the net via a cable modem (service from @home), a
standalone Pentium desktop with RH 7.1, and a laptop with WinME. As I
mentioned, the only one connected to the net is the dual boot one...
I saw a Linksys 4 port Cable/DSL router that would allow me to share my
cable connection with the other computers. So, my first question is: how
well do these work with Linux? Any problems, etc? It looks as though it
comes with an install CD for windows, though I don't know what it does. The
ad says you can configure it through any browser connected to the router. If
that is so, what's the disk for?
OK, assuming I need the disk, and install the software on the windows part
of the dual boot computer to get things started, can the RedHat computer see
and share files with the Dual boot computer? They would both be "behind the
router" or connected to their own port on the back of the router. The router
can act as a DHCP device, so the computers plugged into it can obtain IP
info automatically... Is this the best way to go...? I would like to be able
to, for example, access files on the windows machine from the RedHat
machine, and vice versa...
Now about the laptop - I don't use it all the time, but can it just be
plugged into the router when I need to use it, and disconnected when I
don't? Will that cause problems?
Finally, I have one last question. What if I wanted to use the Redhat
computer to run apache and serve up static web pages for my own use. I
already own a few domain names, so could I use one (for ex.
www.mydomain.com) and have it access files that are on the redhat box that
is connected to the router? If I can, how is this done? What tells the
router to send requests for www.mydomain.com to the redhat box?
Whew! That's alot of stuff! I know that this is all over the place, but I
figured best to write it down now and ask, before I forget or go off without
being prepared.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
John
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