[GLLUG] Joining my network

[Seth Bembeneck]

Does that mean that I have to have DNS or the other servers running some
where on the network? How can I configure for a router, DNS or any thing
else if it is not running on the network any where? The network is just
4 - 6 computers. I can set up a DNS server if I need too.

Thanks,

Seth
Ps. This is the first time I have been in an email based newsgroup...
What is the preferred way to reply to a message? Just reply? Reply all?
Or start a new email? thanks

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From: N N Ashok [mailto:nalkunda@egr.msu.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:16 AM
To: Sean; Seth Bembeneck
Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Joining my network

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On Wednesday 23 April 2003 22:36, Sean scrawled:
> There is a control panel called something like network or something
under
> like system utilities and that has a decent gui where you can set it
all.
> IIRC there are 4 sections to it and you need to fill it out
completely.
> then there is a button to start up and shutdown the device and it
should
> show up correctly in ifconfig.
>
> If you really want to edit the files by hand it is:
>  /etc/resolv.conf
> /etc/sysconfig/network
> /etc/syconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth0
> /etc/syconfig/static-routes.
>
> I think that is all of them, im going off the top of my head and
looking
> at an 8.x box..
>
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Seth Bembeneck wrote:
> > How do I get Red Hat 7.1 to join my network? I don't have any DNS,
WINS,
> > DHCP or any other server running. Every computer has a static IP
address
> > and is a member of the HOME workgroup. The rest of the computers
have
> > Win2000, Win98 and WinXP home Ed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Seth
>

I am using RH7.3 and 'netconfig' does the configuration for the ethernet
device. The /usr/bin/neat will give you a gui to configure all of the
above
(device,dns,routes etc).

This would just put the computer on the network. The windows machines
will not
be able to see the directories/shares on the RH system. You will need to
configure samba so that the windows machines can see the
directories/shares.

Ashok
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