bentley and FC3

[bentley_rhodes <bentley_rhodes@yahoo.com>]

Greetings, i'm using FC3 and i have a server box downstairs.  i have 
another computer upstairs, that i use for general purpose stuff.  i 
would like to turn the computer downstairs into a server.  it currently 
has one linksys ethernet card (eth4) on the first pci slot.  and the 
others are 3com 3c095b or c ethernet cards, clones i think.  Now, i 
would like some help if anyone can?

the eth4 card is SUPPOSED to be eth0.  aside from that, eth4 is 
connected to the aDSL modem, and i have set it up to automatically 
assign or take its address from the DHCP.  i set up eth3 and eth2 to 
have the exact same addresses:
*  address                                     192.168.0.2
*  subnet mask                             255.255.255.0
*  default gateway address           192.168.0.1

now when i type that into my eth3 card (which should be eth1), the plug 
icon doesn't connect.  if i say i am typing it in statically then it 
will, but if i came upstairs and typed it in, then it wouldn't connect 
from my Linux Computer.  Should the downstairs computer be automatically 
detect dhcp settings for eth4 eth3 and eth2?  Or should i set eth3 and 
eth2 statically?

i have a DUMMIES book that is by Author Naba Barkakati, "Red Hat Fedora 
Linux 2 All-In-One Desk Reference" with a mini reference book titled 
_Networking_.  It kind of explains how to set up the downstairs computer 
as a NAT router, but it doesn't exactly spell it out.  For example, it 
does not say, right click on the eth0 icon and set it to static and 
enter this information.  I do not know if the IP address matters, but 
the gateway adress i read should be 192.168.*.* (or typically 
192.168.0.1), the downstairs computer assigns a number to the last digit 
like 100 or 101 or something.  Granted it doesn't get any easier, since 
i have a WinXP computer i would like to hook up as well.  I've read 
something in there though, i think, about WinBinding or setting up a 
Wins.  So all i ask for help with now, is merely the Linux portion. 

thank-you;
bentley_rhodes@yahoo.com
hbrhodes@sbcglobal.net

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