On Thu, Dec 18, 1997 at 12:48:20AM -0500, Will Lowe wrote: > I'm looking for some general info on setting up a linux network ... I > understand the basics of TCP/IP and ethernet, but I've got no expereince > in something like this. Basically I'm setting up a network on which only > one machine will have an externally-visible IP address, and some of the > others may get masqueraded through it, but I'm mostly concerned that the > machines be able to talk amongst themselves. > > For example: Is it better to buy an ethernet hub than to simply put a > couple of cards in the gateway machine? Are there other considerations? > > The gateway machine will also have to be a news/mail/web server, 'cuz > it's the only one anybody outside can see... > > If anyone can point me in the direction of some good docs for something > like this, I'd be appreciative.
Do you have the Net-3-HOWTO (some information) and the Nag (Network Administration Guide). The second is from LDP and you can get it at sunsite. Maybe we should package the LDP Books for Debian. Thank you, Marcus (who is also interested in Masquerading a local network). -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
