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MU

Hi,

I want to do this:

i have a ADSL-flatrate.
I have an old Pentium 200.
I want to set it up with Puppy and Apache, so that it is always online and can serve you with Dotpups.

I also have a Notebook.
I need it to work and to surf the Web.
So i want to connect it with the ethernet-network-card to the Puppy-Webserver (you call it Gateway then?) to access the Web.

Question:
What do I have to set up for that?
I can set up Apache with httpd.conf, but my knowledge of Networks is not good.
I think I need a program on the Webserver-machine, thats leads the notebook through to the Web?

Thanks, Mark

Lobster · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 03:22 Post subject: Re: Puppy-Gateway?

I am assuming you jave an ADSL modem connected to one computer and to the internet? It sounds like the easiest solution is a router.

An ethernet router takes two or more inputs and has one input to your modem.

You can think of it splitting and queing the system. Are you using cable or wifi? Wifi is the same without the cable.

Maybe someone has a router they can provide? That would be the simplest solution. Be interested in others suggestions.

MU · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 03:25 Post subject:

I have cable.
I think routers are not very expensive, 30-40 Euro.

That sounds like a good solution.

But as I would use the P200 for nothing else, it could serve as a router too, no?
It just needs a second Ethernet-Card, one for the ADSL-modem, one for the Notebook.
Those cards just cost 5-15 Euro.

Mark

Lobster · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 03:40 Post subject:

yep 30-40 Euro new.

Yes I understand what you are trying to do as I had a similar idea. With a dedicated router there will be no speed loss but if the computer is routing and serving I have a feeling this will be less effective (can someone explain this?). There is nothing to go wrong with routers (except the connections so even second hand they tend to be OK).

MU · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 03:44 Post subject:

No, there should be no loss in speed.
Ethernetcards have 10 Mbit or 100 Mbit.

My ADSL just has 2 Mbit.
In big companies, Gateways route hundrets of clients to the web.

Mark

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4636 Location: Manila

This is great.

Rarsa has posted detailed instructions in this forum about setting up the network like that, and dvw86 has setup a server like that sometime ago - he may have some ideas.

Edit: Maybe i saw that in another forum Embarassed

Will check on it and PM you.

Rarsa's post is here, but may be different from what you need - http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2163

MU · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 05:12 Post subject:

Thanks raffy, I will try to find it tonight, when I repaired my computer (the fan is dying).

Greets, Mark

Guest · Guest

Two NICS, use ' ifconfig ' to set their addresses and netmask and ' route' to set the tables.

rarsa · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 11:09 Post subject:

Raffy,

My post is for a completelly different problem.

MU,

Here is a good link http://www.homenethelp.com/web/faq/sharing-linux-router.asp

dvw86 · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 636 Location: Washington State

I've done that exact thing with OS X as the web server and gateway. Setting up OS X to do that is much different than Puppy though. While it worked fine, I still ended up just getting a router. The router was (A) easier to set up for port forwarding when it came to applications like Bit-Torrent (B) costs less to have on all the time and (C) takes up less space on the desk. My server also started getting a lot of traffic and even though I have a 3 meg connection, it slowed down to almost dial up speeds.

aahhaaa · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 12:19 Post subject:

I was reading up on routers recently, different kinds of networking. One of their more complex functions is traffic direction, and config'ing seems important. If you have people d/ling different files at the same time, there are priority demands on your HD, RAM, & CPU bus, you'd want to be sure to give your primary computer a high priority.

dvw86 · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 636 Location: Washington State

MU · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 17:06 Post subject:

I bought a second nic today, and will try to use the P200 as router and Webserver in the next days.
Thanks for all tips so far Smile

Mark

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4636 Location: Manila

Found it! I guess this is for simple Internet connection sharing, meaning, use an existing connection, but use two network cards in one PC:

MU · Posted: Fri 11 Nov 2005, 17:38 Post subject:

Thanks Raffy, I also will search my german board with these keywords.
There were many threads with IPtables in the past years.

There also should be a HowTo in the web.
I will try to document, how I realize it on puppy then Smile

Mark