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| Robert 2002-08-23, 4:42 pm |
| I guess NetBeui babied me too much.....but i just cant figure out how to
set up my home network with Tcp/Ip ....I already have the TCP/IP
protocol installed for internet reasons....but my ISP provider (Comcast
Cable) said to set the settings to
1)Obtain IP automaticly
2)Use DHCP for Wins Resolution
3)Disable DNS
With my cable internet....i have a router....i placed the workgroup name
and computer name into the router....then gave each computer the same
workgroup name and a unique computer name
My internet connection works fine for all 3 computers on my
network....but my question is ...how do i set my IP adresses for my
network if the isp says to leave it to obtain automaticly
I am reading thru Mike Meyers Book and cant find anything to help me
.....I have 2 Windows 98SE computers and a Windows XP Pro
computer....Plus my XP computer also runs Linux....so i would really
like to know how to get my network together...so that i can apply this
to my linux side ....as XP cant see Linux and Linux cant see XP...it
would help to be able to send and grab info off the network rather then
make a Fat partition...any help is appriciated
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Robert
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| Brian Schwarz 2002-08-23, 4:42 pm |
| Robert,
Your ISP probably assumes that you to have one computer on their network,
and for your purposes that one computer is the "router." (I assume that
you're talking about an SMC Barricade or similar product). Any support
information they provide that refers to "your computer" refers to whatever
machine you hook directly to the cable modem, whether its a PC or a router.
The router will get its IP address from the ISP via DCHP. (Note: many ISP
don't care if you have multiple PCs connected behind a router, but they
aren't in the business of helping you to configure your home network and
will generally refuse to help you with issues related to your router.)
As far as your internal network, you can do anything you want with your
addresses, but the easiest solution is to use your router as your personal
DHCP server and have it assign addresses to PCs on your local network. The
addresses on your local network should be from one of the "private address
ranges", typically either 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x, but usually the default
settings on the router will work fine. (you should still think about
changing some of them for security reasons, especially the admin password.)
> My internet connection works fine for all 3 computers
If all of your PCs can get out over the Internet already, you have TCP/IP
set up correctly.
>>as XP cant see Linux and Linux cant see XP...
As far as your remaining problem, getting your Linux machine to share files
with your WinXP boxes, you need to use Samba (www.samba.org), which is
probably already running on your Linux box but needs to be configured. Take
a look at http://samba.linuxbe.org/en/index.html, which has one of the
better introductions to the topic that I've found. Pay special attention to
the password issues - I've found the different ways of encrypting passwords
to be the source of a lot of the troubles people have when they begin using
Samba. If you're using RedHat 7.x and installed it's firewall, you might
also be running into this problem:
http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.../865/qid/333417
As a stopgap until you get Samba configured, you might consider transferring
files to and from your Linux box using FTP (assuming that you installed the
FTP server when you installed Linux).
(I'm assuming that the Linux box can use your Internet connection. If not,
make sure that you have it configured to use DHCP)
Good luck,
Brian Schwarz
www.bluecollartech.com
--
____________________________
The opinions expressed here are my
own, and do not reflect those of my
employers - past, present, or future.
____________________________
"Robert" <liamemaps@comcast.REMOVEcom> wrote in message
news:3D66A469.9080601@comcast.REMOVEcom...
> I guess NetBeui babied me too much.....but i just cant figure out how to
> set up my home network with Tcp/Ip ....I already have the TCP/IP
> protocol installed for internet reasons....but my ISP provider (Comcast
> Cable) said to set the settings to
>
> 1)Obtain IP automaticly
> 2)Use DHCP for Wins Resolution
> 3)Disable DNS
>
> With my cable internet....i have a router....i placed the workgroup name
> and computer name into the router....then gave each computer the same
> workgroup name and a unique computer name
>
> My internet connection works fine for all 3 computers on my
> network....but my question is ...how do i set my IP adresses for my
> network if the isp says to leave it to obtain automaticly
>
> I am reading thru Mike Meyers Book and cant find anything to help me
> ....I have 2 Windows 98SE computers and a Windows XP Pro
> computer....Plus my XP computer also runs Linux....so i would really
> like to know how to get my network together...so that i can apply this
> to my linux side ....as XP cant see Linux and Linux cant see XP...it
> would help to be able to send and grab info off the network rather then
> make a Fat partition...any help is appriciated
>
> --
> Robert
> ______________________________
_________________
> ______________________________
_________________
> A+ Certified
> Working On {Network+ , I-Net+, Linux+, SCJP}
> _Obtaining____________________
_________________
> ______________________________
_________________
>
>
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| Brian Schwarz 2002-08-23, 5:42 pm |
| Robert,
Your ISP probably assumes that you to have one computer on their network,
and for your purposes that one computer is the "router." (I assume that
you're talking about an SMC Barricade or similar product). Any support
information they provide that refers to "your computer" refers to whatever
machine you hook directly to the cable modem, whether its a PC or a router.
The router will get its IP address from the ISP via DCHP. (Note: many ISP
don't care if you have multiple PCs connected behind a router, but they
aren't in the business of helping you to configure your home network and
will generally refuse to help you with issues related to your router.)
As far as your internal network, you can do anything you want with your
addresses, but the easiest solution is to use your router as your personal
DHCP server and have it assign addresses to PCs on your local network. The
addresses on your local network should be from one of the "private address
ranges", typically either 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x, but usually the default
settings on the router will work fine. (you should still think about
changing some of them for security reasons, especially the admin password.)
> My internet connection works fine for all 3 computers
If all of your PCs can get out over the Internet already, you have TCP/IP
set up correctly.
>>as XP cant see Linux and Linux cant see XP...
As far as your remaining problem, getting your Linux machine to share files
with your WinXP boxes, you need to use Samba (www.samba.org), which is
probably already running on your Linux box but needs to be configured. Take
a look at http://samba.linuxbe.org/en/index.html, which has one of the
better introductions to the topic that I've found. Pay special attention to
the password issues - I've found the different ways of encrypting passwords
to be the source of a lot of the troubles people have when they begin using
Samba. If you're using RedHat 7.x and installed it's firewall, you might
also be running into this problem:
http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.../865/qid/333417
As a stopgap until you get Samba configured, you might consider transferring
files to and from your Linux box using FTP (assuming that you installed the
FTP server when you installed Linux).
(I'm assuming that the Linux box can use your Internet connection. If not,
make sure that you have it configured to use DHCP)
Good luck,
Brian Schwarz
www.bluecollartech.com
--
____________________________
The opinions expressed here are my
own, and do not reflect those of my
employers - past, present, or future.
____________________________
"Robert" <liamemaps@comcast.REMOVEcom> wrote in message
news:3D66A469.9080601@comcast.REMOVEcom...
> I guess NetBeui babied me too much.....but i just cant figure out how to
> set up my home network with Tcp/Ip ....I already have the TCP/IP
> protocol installed for internet reasons....but my ISP provider (Comcast
> Cable) said to set the settings to
>
> 1)Obtain IP automaticly
> 2)Use DHCP for Wins Resolution
> 3)Disable DNS
>
> With my cable internet....i have a router....i placed the workgroup name
> and computer name into the router....then gave each computer the same
> workgroup name and a unique computer name
>
> My internet connection works fine for all 3 computers on my
> network....but my question is ...how do i set my IP adresses for my
> network if the isp says to leave it to obtain automaticly
>
> I am reading thru Mike Meyers Book and cant find anything to help me
> ....I have 2 Windows 98SE computers and a Windows XP Pro
> computer....Plus my XP computer also runs Linux....so i would really
> like to know how to get my network together...so that i can apply this
> to my linux side ....as XP cant see Linux and Linux cant see XP...it
> would help to be able to send and grab info off the network rather then
> make a Fat partition...any help is appriciated
>
> --
> Robert
> ______________________________
_________________
> ______________________________
_________________
> A+ Certified
> Working On {Network+ , I-Net+, Linux+, SCJP}
> _Obtaining____________________
_________________
> ______________________________
_________________
>
>
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