Re: Comparitive analysis... Windows vs. Linux...

[Adam Tauno Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>I was talking to a friend today, and he was interested in seeing what it
>>>would take to link two subnets together via a Windows-based PC. Has
>>>anyone done this? If so, please advise, suggestions of the form "Dump
>>>Windows and install Linux, then..." will NOT be appreciated! :)
>>It depends on how the subnets are linked.  NT supports forwarding,
>>"routing" (as in using a routing protocol) is available from
>>Microsoft.Win9x does NOT support forwarding of packets, but you can get a
>>"service" like the Macafee <sp> firewall tool(s) that forwards packets, 
>>you certainly don't want to do high traffic volumes with such a config 
>>as it a user-space hack.  NT (and Win9x although it's pretty pointless) 
>>has a "route" command just like UNIX.
>All very nice, but not specific. He seems to have some problem with 
>addressing two ethernet cards, perhaps these are conflicts in his IP 
>addressing scheme.

It's hard to give a specific answer to a general question! ;)

>I guess I'm looking for more specific guidance; we know the capabilities
>are there, he has not been able to find them, and I have not had the
>time to help out by looking.

Obviously both NICs must be installed and working (not neccesarily a small
achievement).  Configured to their appropriate subnets (matching IPs to netmask,
etc...).  The NT should be able to ping boxes on either subnet.  Then open a
DOS/nt-cmd/shell/name-of-the-month box and type "route print"  and you should
see the routing table.  Be warned the windows routing table contains alot of
"irrelevent" entries.  The ping command is the same as in Linux, a command line
thing, only theres has fewer bells & whisltes.

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