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Old 07-08-2001, 05:58 PM   #1
Daniel_Kim
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Question W2K & Linux network config.


I am new to the linux environment. I have one machine running win2k pro and another running TurboLinux Server 6.0. Anyway, I want to set up my linuxbox as a server and install DHCP and DNS to connect to my windows machine. I know part of the process has to go through Samba, at least I think so. Also, I need to know how to configure my Netgear FA311 PCI adapter onto Linux.
If anyone can give me some advice or can tell me where to get some information I would really appreciate it.

Thank You
 
Old 07-08-2001, 09:30 PM   #2
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First which Kernel version are you using?
I dont know about Turbo Linux but RH7 has a module for that NIC.Its what I am using.It picked it up on install.
However
/sbin/insmod (module name...I think its netsemi.o) will load it.Then restart the network.Then you need to add it to your fstab to intialize on start up.

DNS and DHCP are very challenging to configure for the newbie( Im one.).They are both daemons independent of Samba.I am learning to get those services going but in the meantime....Use your Linux box as a WINS server.You must point the 2K box to the WINS server.You also will need to add the Netbios names and corresponding IP`s to your hosts file.Uncomment/Add shares you want visiable in smb.conf.Make sure your accepting encrypted passwords on the linux box(2k uses them) add a user (or connect to it with the root account)

Do yourself a favor buy running linux.Its a MUST for people new to this.
 
Old 07-09-2001, 03:58 AM   #3
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Just to confirm - you want to setup a DNS server and DHCP server right? Not setup your linux box to use an existing DNS and DHCP server... I dunno about the DHCP server, its not something I've played with, although I've heard its pretty straight forward. The DNS isn't too bad. Have a read of http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html I didn't like this much and ended up using O'Reilly's DNS & Bind book, but a friend thought it was great. I suppose it depends on wether you think the same was as the author.

As for you network card, try that module that was suggested by Linuxchallenged, however use modprobe to load it not insmod. The difference is that if any modules need to be loaded to first (dependencies) then modprobe will do that for you, insmod will just tell you to sod-off and you'll have to load the dependencies by hand first. If the module isn't there then you'll need to recompile your kernel to include the code. If you do end up needing to do this have a read of http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

cheers!

Jamie...
 
  


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