Re: Connecting to a different LAN

1998-05-10 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:29:33AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sat, May 09, 1998 at 12:04:25PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Lynagh > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > >However, if I take it to a friends LAN which uses IPs 1.0.x.y then will > > >I need to cha

Re: Connecting to a different LAN

1998-05-10 Thread Dave Thayer
Hamish Moffatt writes > On Sat, May 09, 1998 at 12:04:25PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Lynagh > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > > > > >Once I install Debian I hope to set my laptop up so that the network ^^ > >

Re: Connecting to a different LAN

1998-05-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, May 09, 1998 at 12:04:25PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Lynagh > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > > >Once I install Debian I hope to set my laptop up so that the network > >card has IP 192.168.37.mumble, mask 255.255.255.0. It will also connect > >to the 'net

Re: Connecting to a different LAN

1998-05-09 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Lynagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Once I install Debian I hope to set my laptop up so that the network >card has IP 192.168.37.mumble, mask 255.255.255.0. It will also connect >to the 'net via the modem. > >However, if I take it to a friends LAN which uses IPs

Re: Connecting to a different LAN

1998-05-08 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >IMHO the best way to handle moving machines between >networks is to have a DHCP server on the lans and let >the machine use a DHCP client to get the necessary >network information. It takes some work to set up >the DHCP

Re: Connecting to a different LAN

1998-05-08 Thread Patrick Ouellette
IMHO the best way to handle moving machines between networks is to have a DHCP server on the lans and let the machine use a DHCP client to get the necessary network information. It takes some work to set up the DHCP server, but the client is a plug in and go package (at least it was in hamm). Pat

Connecting to a different LAN

1998-05-08 Thread Ian Lynagh
Once I install Debian I hope to set my laptop up so that the network card has IP 192.168.37.mumble, mask 255.255.255.0. It will also connect to the 'net via the modem. However, if I take it to a friends LAN which uses IPs 1.0.x.y then will I need to change anything? What's the best way of doing t