BAsic networking
 

ME and my bro have 2 comps, 2 cards, a cable and mdk9.
We wantto network. We've done it in windows.
We want to play bzflag, chat and file share.
Help? anyone

Read something about Setting up a network in Linux, or try to figure it out in Mandrake, there are tools to do this. Then if you want to share inet you will have to use a iptables script.

hmm... where?

for file sharing u will need 2 set up a sabma server and the rest is easy, its as simple and same as in windows.
if u run into problems post here and b specific

Actually, for filesharing I'd use NFS, it's a bit faster than SMB.

Just add the mount point to /etc/exports

/home/shared 192.168.1.0

on the other machine

in fstab

192.168.1.1:/home/shared /mnt/shared nfs

or similar, that is simplified, I'd assume your network is up and running by this stage,

I.E. you've made a crossover cable and assigned IP address's etc.

The rest is easy. But when in doubt, read about network setup, www.tldp.org is a great source of info.

Install the NICs (if needed).
Connect computers VIA 1 crossover cable or Hub and 2 cables.
Configure private network IP on each. Add each to /etc/hosts (man hosts).
Try ping by IP, try ssh (if sshd is running on one or both).
Do anything else you want.
Good Luck.