[plug] linux 2 linux networking?

[Richard Meyer]

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 10:16 +0800, Ranz wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 10:00 +0800, John Knight wrote:
> > >When you say network 'linux 2 linux' what specific networking
> > >functionality are you after?
> > 
> > basic peer to peer on a local lan, swapping files, ala network neighbourhood
> > 
> > >What distro are you using?  It can make a difference to how things are
> > >done.
> > 
> > libranet 3.0
> > 
> 
> I dunno about you guys - but there is literally a myriad of options for
> networking two linux boxes together - here's a few ideas:
> 
> NFS
> SAMBA
> NCP
> NSS
> iSCSI
> SSH SCP SFTP - via Gnome-VFS
> 
> i don't think it would matter what distro - so long as they both had the
> appropriate drivers.

Probably the easiest to set up would be an NFS connection - you "export"
a directory from the host, and mount it on the client. Do a "man
exports" for options on the /etc/exports file entries, and use "mount"
to mount from the client (can be done from /etc/fstab, but beware of
timeouts and such).

Sorry for not answering earlier, but to be honest, I thought you were
joking when you asked for help, since you write for Tux mag and you know
more than than almost anyone else I know about setting up video
players. 
> 

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