[SunHELP] Quad ethernetcard

[Phil Stracchino]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 06:38:15PM +0200, Patrick Marquetecken wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just got sparc4 with 64mb ram. The idee is to use it at home as server, for collecting mail, proxy, firewall, file serving and so on. The machine has a quad ethernet card, is it possible to connect my home users directly to the quad ethernet card and le0 to the internet? 
> If so how do i configure it, i think i have to setup some kind of routing but have no idee where to start, normaly i always connect from a port to a hub.

You will need to configure routing on the machine, yes.  As far as
physical connection, yes you can go directly port-to-port between
machines without using a hub or switch, but to do so, you MUST use
crossover cables.  Regular straight-through Ethernet cables will not
work.


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