I am afraid that this would not help...my system does not run a web server and has no need of a web server What I need is a static IP... neither my system nor the other one have DNS names...or any other way of identifying eachother... the idea was to use the network as a "virtual ethernet" where the 1 machine with a static IP would be the "hub"...treating TCP/IP that is already running on the real ethernet and layering my own network on top of it (a private one) it woul dbe almost rivial to make a simple script to edit a web pge on an ISP webserver by putting my current IP in.... this however means real acess as I said...I believe this is known as tunneling..and that there are better was of doing it than netct and pppd (of course I will take a look at those better ways but..I was hopeing to hack this together quick and make it work just for fun) -Steve
Libby wrote: > I am new to LINUX, but maybe the following will help you. > Go to > http://www.linuxgazette.com/ > and see issue 18. Then take a look at "Putting Links to Your > Dynamic IP." The man wrote the script to do it so that his sister > could access his machine via the Web. Could you adapt it to your > situation? > > I use my near-term goals at becoming the ISP's customer from > hell to have fun while on the way to accomplishing my goal of > becoming a good ISP techie (as you can see from the sig below). ;-) > > Art Lemasters, too cheap to get the kid a real e-mail address :-) > > > Ok...I got a bright idea earlier.... > > I have a linux machine at work (where we don't really have linux > > machines...its one of the > > 3 that I know of in existance on our entire network (of at least 10 000 > > users) ) > > Anyway...mine is on DHCP like most of the network and a new one which > > was setup > > is also on DHCP (mostly because im a tech and he is at the helpdesk and > > neither of us > > can justify why we need network engineering to give us static IPs) > > One of the Linux machines I know of has a static IP (this guy is some > > important doctor > > and I am sure I coul dget him to let me use his linux machine or one of > > his slowaris runnin sun stations > > if I asked ) > > Here was my idea: > > I want my machine and my friend at the helpdesks computer to be able to > > communicate > > (maybe even share soem NFS mounts ;) ) > > The problem is we are on DHCP...dynamic adressing which seems to change > > at least every few days > > My idea was ...can I setup a "virtual network" layered on top of our > > ethernet / TCP/IP network? > > My idea was to use netcat and pppd to make a ppp connection through a > > tcp/ip socket... > > then assign my own Private IP adresses (10.*) to the ends of the ppp > > connection > > then I could have the machine with the static IP as a central hub for > > the other 2 systems to connect too > > thus the other two machines could have "Static IPs" for talking to > > eachother > > ok...I know there must be a better way to do this...I think its called > > tunneling?? > > and I believe there is some kernel level support fo rit... > > I wanted to find a way to do it my way... > > the idea was this: > > use netcat on both systems to open the equivalent of a "pipe" and then > > attach pppd to it > > I tried this on the local machine...maybe someone can say why this setup > > didn't work > > first I made 4 named fifos's > > in1 out1 in2 out2 > > then > > cat in1 | nc -l -p 1555 | cat out1 > > cat in2 | nc 127.0.0.1 1555 | cat out2 > > ...both connected....and netstat showed a conenction between the two > > then I tried this... > > I cated a file into in1 > > then I did "cat out2" on another VT > > nothing came out... I would have thought the end result would have > > been... > > data in -> in1 -> nc -> tcpIP -> nc -> out2 -> data out > > any ideas why did didn't work > > (suffice it to say "pppd <out1 >in1" and the same for in2 and out2 ... > > they didn't connect.... > > any ideas? (and yes I know this is a stupid way to do it but.... > > I would think it should work! ) > > -Steve > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > =-=-=-=-= > @--`--,-- Leave my nickname (Libby) anywhere > in the "To:" header line of your reply > (the way your e-mailer likes to do it) > with the e-mail address: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > to be sure it will come to > my own personal e-mail box. --'--,--@ > =-=-=-=-=-= > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
