Re: Connecting two networks through two linuxservers with lots of winXP-clients on each side ... :/

Hi!

Thanks for the fast and helpful answer :)

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Randall Perry [mailto:[email protected]]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Oktober 2003 14:21
> An: Benjamin E. Schallar
> Betreff: Re: Connecting two networks through two linuxservers with lots of
> winXP-clients on each side ... :/
> (...snip...)
> Anyway....you need just _basic_ routing setup.
> If your ServerA and ServerB are _not_ the default gateway, then the
> clients on
> the network will not know where to go for network 192.168.1.0/24.
> They will send these packets to the default gateway.
> 
> So to get your traffic where it needs to go do either:
> 1. add each route to the Windows boxes (scripted or one-by-one)--time
> consuming and
>      might miss something.
> 2. add entry in default gw box to point back to the CIPE server for the
> 192.168.x.0 network.
>      (the better way)
> (...snip...)

This would mean adding a default gateway at each windowsXP-machine
(which already existed) directing to Server A or B respectively,
but - and that's what's new for me, and amazed me,
for I never thought of that option - with 'metrics'-bits configured
to 16 to have 192.168.x.x routed to
the gateway ... if I understood that 'the right way'(tm).

(For WinXP: NIC-properties, TCP/IP, Advanced, 'add gateway',
IP for gateway and unclick the default metrics and put '16'
into that textbox?)

If that’s what you meant, the solution is really way easier than
I previously thought it would be :)

Thanks again,
 - Benjamin<happier-now>&




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