> >
> > Here's the problem. Computer number 2 sits next to this computer. BOTH
> > computers have ethernet cards and there is a connecting ethernet wire
> > between them. Both cards are 3com 10/100 versions I am pretty sure.
> > *Whew* stick with me...here's the point. I want to access my mud via
> > computer #2. How?
> >
> >
> A> telnet localhost will telnet you to the host your on now (at leat
> that's how it is with linux), so telling a computer to telnet localhost
> loops right back to itself.
> B> try telnet (ip addy of first computer). That should work unless you've
> got only on ip for both machines.
> C> if you've got a dedicated ip (as with most schools), go to smewhere
> like ml.org and get an address from thm if it's too hard to remember the ip.
> D> make sure your networking stuff is set up right.
A
Localhost is actually site dependant - it's just a name in a file
somewhere which points to an ip address. Usually, that ip address is
127.0.0.1 - which is the 'loopback' ip; it's directed at the machine
you're on at the time - but it doesn't have to be.
B
No, it won't work. There are certain reasons you normally can't
just hang cable between two computers and have it work. If you're running
coax (10-T) cable, you'll need to properly terminate both ends with a
?20?40? ohm resistor cap.. I forget which because if you ask for a
terminator, they give you the right one. The alternative is 10-2 (rj-45)
cable, which looks like very thick phone cord. You'll need a null cable.
This is important. To make a null cable, get two male adapters (the
plastic pieces that plug in to the female socket on the ether net card),
some rj-45 cable, and some crimpers.
The normal pinout of a cable looks like this:
left side right side
1 1
2 2
3 3
and so on..
8 8
For a null cable, we'll do this;
1 3
2 6
3 1
4 4
5 5
6 2
7 7
8 8
As you can see, the 1/3 pairs are switched, and so too are the
6/2. 1 + 2 are normally transfering, and 6+3 are normally recieving, if
that helps at all.
There are also serial-type connectors, but i'm not going into
those. They're assembled in the same way, however.
Of course, I grabbed a hub because i've got more than 2 computers,
so I use standard cables.
C
Immaterial if you're just testing your local network without
having to worry about setting up for actual remote access.
D
The hardest and most important step. A bit too complex to handle
easily either. Get the book 'tcp/ip network administration' by
o'rilley however, and the answers you seek are in the first few chapters
as they explain how to setup a local network.
If you are penny-poor, go to a borders or barnes and nobles with a
notebook. Copy down the info you need, and put the book back on the
shelf. :)
ObCircle:
Would time be better spent developing ways to access and
integrating external scripting languages or redesigning the mud layout so
as to lend itself better to a single custom, internal scripting language?
PjD
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