Re: [tlug] Networking with an ADSL Router

[Edward Middleton <edward@example.com>]

David Riggs wrote:
> I have a YahooBB adsl connection and a four port router with two 
> Debian/Sarge and one Mac OS 9 boxes, all accessing the net without 
> problem. I see my addresses are something like 192.168.0.x where x 
> varies from time to time when I have to rerun dhclient after the adsl 
> connection dies.
>   
These are private IP address ranges, i.e. a LAN.  Unless your router is
running some strange firewall configuration you should be able to access
all computers on the LAN.
> Can I use NFS to share files among these local boxes (including, hope 
> against hope, the Mac OS 9), and access the print server (hooked up to a 
> brainless printer) on one of the Debian boxes?
>   
The question thus becomes, can you use NFS on a LAN?

Edward