[TriLUG] Network Cards

[Jon Carnes]

Hmmm, that sounds like fun...  You can easily bring up your linux box as
a router.  Put the second nick into the box and configure it for an
internal network address like 192.168.2.1, then load IPChains on the box
with some simple rules and have it masque for the second card that you
just put in.

Next, configure your other computer with an internal address like
192.168.2.100 and connect it to the first via a crossover cable. If you
can use identical network cards this should work fine.

If you don't have a crossover cable you can wire one up.  Here is a
mapping of endpoint to endpoint for a normal ethernet cable and for a
crossover cable:
  Normal     Crossover
  1 --> 1     1 --> 3
  2 --> 2     2 --> 6
  3 --> 3     3 --> 1
  4 --> 4     4 --> 4
  5 --> 5     5 --> 5
  6 --> 6     6 --> 2
  7 --> 7     7 --> 7
  8 --> 8     8 --> 8

Hope that's right!

Have fun - Jon Carnes

On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 23:28, William Gomeringer wrote:
> I have a 4 port router that is and all the ports are being used, but I
> need to hook up one more computer. My Web, Email server is connected to
> one of the ports. I have a bunch of network cards lying around
> collecting dust. Can I put one of these cards in the server and connect
> to the outside world through that, or will I just be able to access the
> local network? Other than buying another router what do I need to do
> here?  William
> 
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