>let me know if you need dns help... > - the cheat way: use /etc/hosts on all machines that need to talk to > you... >- will need to know your dns server from your ISP.. >- will need to know if you plan on being live or only when you are connected >- will need to know if you want run virtual domains/hosts or not... >- will need to know your machine name you assign vs what they assign you > - caution: if you are running web server...you should have a static name & ip# > >- independent of the above...you should be able to make your own server > and play with all the various config files ( local to your server )
Hello Alvin, Yes I do need help but at this point I'm not sure what my needs are. For now I simply need/want to get my windows pc to communicate with my linux pc, preferably via tcp/ip to simulate an internet connection so i can run perl scripts on linux and see how they respond to my windows browsers which is on my pc I want networked to linux. My linux machine will not be accessed via the internet, the two pcs will be directly connected together for now. If I need dns for that then I need to know what steps to take next. If I don't need dns for that then great! After September/October I intend to connect this very same linux machine to the internet if all goes well. I will then give away free web space and ftp space to a targeted group of surfers. I know I will need dns at that time to handle the virtual hosts and all that... so eventually I will have to setup dns, but not now. My linux machine and modem are too slow right now for internet access and won't be upgraded until mid-september. I still want to test it while networked to my windows system. Thanks Andre
