Re: Network help for Linux Newbie

BG napsal(a):
> I have a small home network (2 Win XP systems) which are connected to an
> Intel 5-port HUB, and then the Hub is connected to a Cisco 1605 Router to
> allow internet sharing. The Cisco is set to automatically obtain it's eth0
> IP from my provider and configured as a DHCP server on eth1 (so that my
> Windows systems may automatically obtain their IP's from the router.
>
> Because I run a few websites I decided to setup a third system running
> RedHat 7.3/Apache/Perl so that I may test all of my website scripts locally
> before placing them on my remote web servers. My question is how can I
> configure the new Linux machine to be able to automatically obtain it's IP
> from the Cisco router as my other systems do?

manualy: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. Info about content is at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...rkscripts.html

by setup program: log as root and in shell type netconfig (must be
installed)

> And how can I at the same time
> keep it secure from the outside (it is only going to be used as sort of a
> mirror for testing my sites files)?
>

It depends on setup of Cisco router. If you have secured all Win boxes
with your current Cisco setup, why shloud be Linux box exception ?

Dan