[nzlug] Networking 101 question

[elroy]

I'm pretty much a newbie to networking myself, but these spring to mind:


/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
/etc/resolv.conf


inetd.conf (allowed services to connect through network to local machine?)?


Is a firewall enabled on other machines that you are not aware of?


Is it possible to put ALL devices on same network settings?

I.e. all being of the 10.1.1.x IP addresses, or 192.168.0.x IP addresses?



HTH.


Elroy.





Patrick Connolly wrote:
> Strange as it might seem, I've used Linux for 7 or 8 years and never
> had occasion to know anything much about networks.
> 
> Now, I'm trying to connect via cross-over cable a laptop running Mepis
> 6.5 to a desktop running Fedora Core 6, the latter being connected to
> an ADSL D-link modem DSL-302.  I never managed to get DHCP working on
> that setup, but the modem does work with static address (and a fixed
> IP address).