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| Thread ID: 69582 | 2006-06-06 02:43:00 | Setting up a home network | Robin S_ (86) | Press F1 |
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| 460963 | 2006-06-07 01:54:00 | Not to sure what you mean. I'm no networking god.I meant can it take advantage of a switch (rather than a hub). With TCP/IP the traffic is sent directly to the target host, as defined by its ip address. With NetBEUI (I think) the traffic is all broadcast for every PC, and each one will sift through the mess to find which packets are intended for it. This is why it won't scale well. If using a hub, this isn't really a problem - the hub can't do anything else, no matter what protocol you use. A switch is capable of sending traffic only to the host it is intended for, which is why a non-broadcast protocol is a better choice. While SMB does rely on broadcast traffic (even with TCP/IP), this is only for locating hosts & workgroups. Everything else can be directly targeted. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 460964 | 2006-06-07 02:04:00 | yeah i think it routes by MAC addy, it dosn't flood the network like netbeui does. en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org |
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| 460965 | 2006-06-07 02:10:00 | I had found the first link, but the second one clarifies all - cheers for that. It sounds like an excellent protocol, and hopefully a bit quicker than TCP/IP too. Now I just gotta see if my firewall (m0n0.ch) can route it, and hope that the Wifi works with it. Sounds good! | Erayd (23) | ||
| 460966 | 2006-06-07 02:38:00 | ooooo.....freeBSD, very geekish :) one of the problem i had with linux is i couldn't find anywhere on how to network with ipx/spx, which is kinda werid concidering linux's background and commerical type useage. edit: depending on your hardware setup your firewall may not be a problem. exspecially if the firewall is plugged into a switch. ie the firewall only handles net traffic not lan traffic. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 460967 | 2006-06-07 03:27:00 | Depending on your hardware setup your firewall may not be a problem. exspecially if the firewall is plugged into a switch. ie the firewall only handles net traffic not lan traffic.Unfortunately that's not the case. The setup is as follows: m0n0wall WAN port >> Nokia M1122 >> internet m0n0wall DMZ port >> Web & E-Mail Server (CentOS 4.3) m0n0wall LAN port >> LAN (2x 8 port switches) D-Link DI-524UP LAN port >> LAN (one of the switches) D-Link DI-524UP WAN port >> nothing Main Server (also CentOS 4.3) >> LAN (one of the switches) All desktop PCs are on wired ethernet (LAN), laptops are wireless (also LAN subnet). About half the PCs run Linux As you can see, it's not exactly a typical home network setup - hence the routing issues. As you said Linux can't use IPX/SPX though, it makes using that protocol a bit useless in my situation, as I need all the computers to be able to communicate. [edit: The DMZ & LAN are in different subnets, but still need (very) limited communication.] |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 460968 | 2006-06-07 06:23:00 | i didn't say linux CAN'T use ipx, afaik the kernal does support it, i just can't find how to access it. i'm sure linux was in use with ipx before tcp became the norm. linx gods, help please ! ! | tweak'e (69) | ||
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