cross over cable

[tropicalisland]

Hi,

I have a box running Windows 2000 with 2 NICs. The first NIC is connected to the internal LAN. The second NIC is connected via a cross over cable to a Linux Samba file server. Has anyone successfully in setting up this network?

Thanks,
temptest

 

[peopleperson88]

CrossOver cables should be.

Side 1: GreenWhite/Green/OrangeWhite/Blue/BlueWhite/Orange/BrownWhite/Brown.

Side 2:
OrangeWhite/Orange/GreenWhite/Blue/BlueWhite/Green/BrownWhite/Brown

Make sure that both NICs have different IP. I would suggest LAN NIC 192.168 and Linux NIC 172.16 (it doesn't have to be identical but when you have the NICs using different Class of IPs you can view the routing table a bit more easily)

To view your routing table drop to a command line and "route print" This will show you the routing table.

If this is a Windows 2000 Server then you could implement Routing and Remote access. That might help.

 

[GlenJohnson]

W2k to linux.......... interesting. Let us know how it works out.

Glen A. Johnson
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[Cutty201]

I have some experience with Samba and Linux (i still consider myself a nub) and much more experience with Windows. First, is there any particular reason that you don't want to plug the Samba server directly into the network? I think that would be much more efficient (i dislike Windows a lot and wouldn't bank much on interoperability with anything other than windows ).

Also I require a little bit more info

What Linux Distro you running ?
Do you need help with Samba ? or is it setup and you want to share it with the rest of the network. I'm not sure what you need help on .

 

[tropicalisland]

I got it working.

The reason for connecting Linux via cross cable to Windows 2000 and putting it on the network is that my company requires any Linux machine to be authorized, which can take a long time, before putting on the network. Therefore, I would like to test it by hiding it behind Windows 2000 so it would not be visible on the network until it is ready.

How I set it up:
On Windows 2000, insert another NIC, only add IP 192.168.10.10 and netmask 255.255.255.0. Check LMHOST. Leave DNS and everything else blank. Add 192.168.10.20 (LINUX IP) into Windows 2000's host file.

On Linux, use 192.168.10.20 and netmask 255.255.255.0

I don't know if this is how it should be setup, but it is working. If you have any suggestion please let me know.