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60 How do I configure a machine which has both an Amiga Link and an ethernetconnection so that machines on either network can see each other?

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This article is from the Amiga Networking FAQ, by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.

60 How do I configure a machine which has both an Amiga Link and an ethernetconnection so that machines on either network can see each other?

    

Given machines A, B, and C with node B having both Amiga Link and Ethernet card (Quicknet) as shown below, and all running Envoy.

A <=== Alink ===> B <=== Ethernet ===> C

In order for node A to access node C or vice versa use the following configuration scheme: (IP addresses for example only!)

node A node B node C

IP-Address: 244.1.a.a 244.1.b1.b1 244.1.c.c

244.2.b2.b2

Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 255.255.0.0 255.255.0.0

255.255.0.0

Use Realm: yes yes yes

Realm-Serv: NO yes yes

Realm-Name: NET NET NET

Serv-Addr: 244.1.b1.b1 244.1.b1.b1 244.2.b2.b2

Def GateWay: 244.1.b1.b1 ------ 244.2.b2.b2

Loc Realms: ------ NET 244.1.0.0 -------

Loc Realms: NET 244.2.0.0

Rem Realms: ------ ------ ------

where b1.b1, and a.a are the AmigaLink hardware addresses. i.e. the last two bytes of the IP address MUST match the hardware address on the AmigaLink interfaces.

On the ethernet interfaces, however, b2.b2 and c.c can be anything since Envoy supports ARP on ethernet.

NOTE: the IP addresses are for example ONLY! Unless you manage all the nodes concerned you must coordinate the IP addresses with your network administrator or provider.

This example basically creates two TCP/IP domains: 244.1 and 244.2 Each domain can have multiple nodes. Node B serves as the gateway between the two domains. If you were to set up additional gateways to other domains, you would use the route command on each node that you wished to enable communications to the new domain. The route command merely tells TCP/IP which gateway or router to use for data that is to be sent to a particular domain thus providing a more direct path, and avoiding sending unnecessary traffic to other parts of the network.

The gateway provides access to other parts of a network that would not otherwise be directly accessible. A router is dedicated to keeping track of routes to various domains. On large networks your default gateway will often point to a router thus negating the need to maintain route commands on each node.

For further discussion of domains and beginner info on the Internet you should refer to ZEN

AMosaic(AM) ---------------------------------------

NOTE: for more info on Mosaic check out Amosaic-FAQ

 

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