My setup consists of a Debian box with eth0 wired to a wireless router. It gets the address 10.0.0.5 from the router. This is fine for me to backup my laptop over the wireless network, but sometimes a friend will come over and will want to grab some big files off the server. It's slow, and a hassle getting them on the wireless network in the first place.
What I would like to have is a second ethernet card as eth1 (already have the card) which would have a cable trailing out of it. Any guests could then plug their laptop in and get all the services which are available over eth0. The main one is Samba. How realistic/practical is this?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
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This is very well doable. Once you have eth1 available, assign it some IP from a private range (e.g. something in the 10.1.x range (since your router already uses 10.0.x) or 192.168.x).
Then connect the laptop through a crosslinked network cable and give the laptop an IP from the same range. You should have all the same services available.
Then connect the laptop through a crosslinked network cable and give the laptop an IP from the same range. You should have all the same services available.
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