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<I>Hi All</I><BR>
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Anyone fancy teaching an idiot how to do a simple home network?<BR>
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I would like to get my laptop connected to my base unit at home, nothing fancy just to (initially) swap files, backup laptop to base unit HDD.<BR>
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I have a DELL laptop which is Fedora Core1 (from the Linux format cover disk) I have a work profile: "centro" with a domain of peterc.centrosales.co.uk and IP and subnet for work on eth03 (This works fine (at work)), I have also created a "home" profile: on eth02 this currently has the standard 127.0.0.1 IP and standard subnet.<BR>
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My base unit is an Hyunjui (you wont have heard of it) with an external Hayes modem and three HDD's running dual boot win98 HDD1 40GB and SuSe Pro 9 (Retail version) HDD2 40GB. I think the domain is <A HREF="mailto:Linux@localhost">Linux@localhost</A>?<BR>
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I read through both the RedHat and SuSe manuals all Friday night and Saturday morning, after four extra strength Ibuprofen I am still none the wiser.<BR>
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I have NIS and NFS installed on the base unit, I'm no expert but I think the Laptop is using static IP (This is because work set it up for me) I assume the base is using DHCP (This is possibly the problem?). The manuals go on about exporting folders but if I read it correctly they would be exported to the very machine I am working on ie, my base unit (bit of a stupid idea why would I want to export something I can access normally back into itself?) I have a rough idea regarding the principals of networks (under windows) I assume I could give the base unit an IP of 127.0.0.1 and the laptop under the profile of "home"127.0.0.0 would that work?<BR>
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Can someone spare 5 mins to send me an idiots guide to home networking in plain non techie language, something along the lines of "on your base unit click on this then click on that, type this, save that, start such and such a service" <BR>
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Then "on your Laptop click on this then click on that, type this, save that, start such and such a service"<BR>
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I don't like messing around with the settings on my laptop as work gets a bit arsey about putting them back in again. I read somewhere that you can have a work and a home profile so that all I need to do is switch between profiles (I can do that (1 team point to me I think)).<BR>
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My ultimate goal is to have my base unit as a (Home) Server and the laptop as a mobile slave.<BR>
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I downloaded SuSe9 but couldn't fathom out how to install it so went out and spent the kids pocket money on a retail version I (Like Real fool) presumed that I would get manuals which would explain everything in a user friendly way, Wrong, the user guide is OK for the basics but says refer to the administrator manual for most configuration exercises, when you go to the administrator manual most of the sections have "this should only be attempted by an expert" GREAT! it then explains in what I can only call the ancient language of Etruscan how to setup an NFS, NIS server<BR>
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So to finnish<BR>
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1. Do I need NFS or NIS<BR>
2. Should both units have static IP and not DHCP (remembering the laptop doesn't use DHCP (I believe)).<BR>
3. Am I correct and I can run two profiles simultaneously. <BR>
4. I wish I had a brain.<BR>
5. In return I may be able to come to the meeting on the 11th my wife is off work! Anyone wishing to attend my public flogging for the "inner circle" comment may bring their own birch sticks. <BR>
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Regards
Peter Cannon
peter@cannon-linux.freeserve.co.uk</PRE>
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