Hi, On Sunday 19 March 2006 22.56, Vann H. Walke wrote: > I have an environment in which network drops are limited. We have two > boxes at each location, one running Linux, one running Windows. What I > would like to do is set the machines up so that the Linux box acts both > as a pass through for the Windows machine and is usable on its own. > > Thus, the situation would look something like: > | Linux Windows > > Network---|---| |-----| > > > To the windows machine it should appear that it is directly connected to > the network (including dhcp access, etc...). I do not have the > authority to make any changes to the windows configuration. The Linux > machine should appear to a user as being completely normal. If you don't have a shortage of (internal) IP addresses, then use software bridging on the linux box. It's very easy to set up and completely transparent. http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge#Sample_setup -- Regards, Krisztian Kovacs
