A bit of networking help?

[Smither]

At the moment I have:

Router (192.168.0.1)
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Linux machine (192.168.0.3)       Mac machine (192.168.0.4)
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Windows machine (192.168.0.5)

How would I configure it so that the windows machine is able to get an IP from the router and is visible from the mac etc? I've been using NAT for getting online with it but that's not very useful for file sharing and stuff.

[dilbert]

I also don't have much clue but as nobody else answers ...

I guess you have to configure the Linux box at least as a bridge, maybe even as a router, too.

I have never done this but there should be a few setup manuals for that on the Internet. Linux HOWTO's and the like.

The reason for having a separate subnet divided from 192.168.0.x is a special firewall for the Windows box, or why that complicated?

[Smither]

The reason for having a separate subnet divided from 192.168.0.x is a special firewall for the Windows box, or why that complicated?

No reason. I was quite noobish when I first did it and I just found that it worked.

EDIT: Changed it so the linux machine is now 192.168.0.3 on both NICs and windows one is 192.168.0.5.

[Smither]

Got it working now. Followed this guide: HOWTO setup a gentoo bridge - Gentoo Linux Wiki


I guess this means I have to spend some time trying to make the windows machine secure.

[Smither]

The reason the PC is behind the linux box isn't because I'm using it as a firewall - it's because I don't feel like running another cable up a floor and along to the other end of the house to the router. The router blocks all incoming apart from a few ports going to the linux one.

Cobia looks pretty cool - I'll have a look at it.

[mckeay]

One lesson I learned as a desktop technician: Always run at least one more cable then you currently need. I've never regretted it.

Of course, getting my wife to agree hasn't always been easy.

Martin McKeay

[Smither]

Seems so obvious, now...