From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3945ADCA.852196B9@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:43:06 -0500 From: "James G. Stallings II" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: [9fans] Hello and some Plan 9 network configuration questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: b800379e-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Hello! I found this list via the Plan 9 FAQ, on USEnet. I've subscribed because I've been a Plan 9 convert for three days now and I've gotten far enough along that I need to start asking infrastructure questions. While I'm on the subject, I was able to get so far because of Jim (jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com). Thanks Jim! Here's the deal: I put together an old clunker 486 box as follows: unknown VLB MB 486DX 66 Cyrix 32 MB RAM 541 MB HD SB16 Audio Speedstar64 VGA with about 511MB memory (some pixels drop out sometimes ;^) Linksys Ether16CT 10BT NIC (NE2K Clone) Standard isssue KB, Ser Mouse (2 button), FDD, IDE CDR I've got it up and running most of the way; networking worked when I installed but I've since broken it. I can't get 'cpu' to run and I think its because of the networking. Authentication seems to work but there's no nvram so I have to type the password a lot when generating keys and starting keyfs. I've successuflly added a new user, and if it weren't for the broken network config I'd probably have a plan 9 box sitting there on the net wide open (ok, because it's a private network). My goals are to incorporate the Plan 9 box into my existing network, and use it as a starting point for increased plan 9 prominence ;^) I'd like to play around with sharing files with other boxen on the network, running linux and win32 oses. For now I need to configure the Plan 9 box (plan9) as a standalone Plan 9 host, serving the terminal, fileserver, auth server, and cpu server. the existing topology is like this: 192.168.1.1 nitro - a quick win95/redhat dual boot box w/voodoo 3 agp 192.168.1.2 plastique - debian fileserver on 32M/P166 192.168.1.3 dock - winnt laptop 192.168.1.4 tor - win95 box in kitchen gateway is 192.168.1.254 dns is at 151.164.1.7 and 151.164.1.8 and the new edition: 192.168.1.7 plan9 - Plan 9 experimental/developement platform Could someone perhaps show me how to set up /lib/ndb/local* to implement this flat class C network? All comments/suggestions/instruction appreciated! References to documentation welcomed! I'm aware that a lot of this may be FAQ but I'm still working my way throught that and I'd like to address my networking asap. Thanks for your patience - James __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com