Networking Slackware with Win2k

[Icebergoner]

My question is, short an simple, can I network two of my computers together, one running Slackware 8.1 the other running Win2k Pro SP3 with D-Link DHN-920 10Mb USB?

Heres a URL with more info on the D-Link for you...

http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/CCAM/dhn-920.shtml

Im trying to get certified and to keep things interesting so I'm doing small modifications/upgrades etc... to my home computer so I can do hands on learning with just some general excersizes. I found the D-Link on the net for 20$ and would like to network my slack an win2k boxes together to share the same resources etc... I could've done it with two win2k's but I wanted to make things interesting Anyways any help on where I can find related info, or how I would go about doing this would be greatly appreceated. Thanks.

 

[Icebergoner]

I'm also connected to the internet through a Lan (cable modem+router ) so... I figured that might be usefull information, as I'm trying be able to use the internet with both machines.

 

[rycamor]

At this very moment, I am typing this from my Win2K workstation, which is networked to my Slackware 8.1 development box . My drive R:\ is actually a network share, which lets me treat the Linux system as a Windows networked drive. (Using Samba on Linux) This makes it very easy to browse files, edit and save PHP files with UltraEdit, etc...

I am also connected to the web via DSL internet provider, using a FreeBSD Unix box as my firewall/internet sharing system, so I can have as many computers on the web as I want.

I am doing this all with standard ethernet cards and a small 4-port network hub.

Now, in your situation, the only thing I am uncertain about is this D-Link thingy, because it is not a standard networking component. Generally, you should run away from this sort of thing, because standard networking is so cheap nowadays, why make your life more complicated? Using a USB card and the phone lines sounds to me like a recipe for problems, and I doubt that Linux will support it, since it probably requires special software. Also, notice from the link you provide above that this is much slower than an old 10-MB standard ethernet card, and most cards are 100 MB now. Ethernet is such a time-tested standard that it just...works, without having to mess around. Best to stick with it.

Really, you can find ethernet hardware so cheaply nowadays that there is no reason to avoid it, and setting up a real network will give you better practice for your certification. You can probably find 10-MB ethernet cards and even a 10-MB hub for free, if you ask around.

If you are using a cable modem + router, then it should be as simple as connecting your hub's "uplink" to the router, and configuring your ethernet cards to the router's private IP subnet (or enable DHCP). If you just have a cable modem, without the router, you can get a router+hub for only $45 now at at Compusa (

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=296161).

You can get new ethernet cards for only $20 at

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=270465

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[Icebergoner]

Yea... I realized all that afterwards. I kinda jumped on the opportunity instead of sitting back and waiting like I should have, an just bought everything. It was after I realized that it wasnt a well thought out move, I posted it up on here to see if it would be worthwhile to try and do something with. I appreceate the input, but I'm at the point where basically if i can make somethin work with this setup I will, if not... we'll see, but I'm trying to make something work

Thanks...