[H-GEN] Re: Unix vs NT (religious war :-)

[Doug Young]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs "Doug Young" <dougy at gargoyle.apana.org.au>)


> > The external link is a dialup one
> >
> > > you only need to have a route for the local network to eth0 and a
> > > default route to eth1 (gateway as necessary).

would you lease explain  .... in words of no more than two syllables ......
 just why the reference to eth1 which doesn't exist on a system with one
ppp0 and one eth0

> TCP/IP is not simple and takes a while to understand, so don't feel too
> frustrated.  The good news is that knowing it better will help you on
> many different problems, and will let you make Unix machines sing and
> dance in the most wonderful ways.

I have no desire at this point in time for TCP to do any more than let LAN
boxes browse & send / receive email ..... I am confused more than enough
already so the last thing I need is info on extras like firewalls etc   All
that stuff might be good but its of no  interest whatsoever to me until I
get this thing doing the most basic elementary functions .... ie allowing
LAN boxes to browse & email



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