NWLink NetBIOS

[Durand Hicks]

I don't even know if it's possible to bind 2 ip addresses to one network card. Perhaps you meant if each computer has 2 NICs? Even better, one computer can be configured to as a temporary router/internet connection system. Just pop in a cheap nic in addition to the one already pulling an ip address from the ISP and assign a private address to the other nic. Better instructions can be found at www.practicallynetworked.com. The easiest, best overall solution is to buy a router and link your switch to the router's lan port. The linksys brand is fairly cheap, but highly reliable in use, IMO.

[garyng]

you can bind multiple IPs to one physical device, it is just a matter of making the driver answer ARP on more than one IP. A router is an easier solution, I just tried to give an alternative to existing setup. This is a free private network setup and there are scenarios that multiple IPs on single NIC can be useful, especially on linux where the firewall rules can be quite creative.

[sn0wflake]

Thank you all! I think I'll go with the router solution since I don't have to fiddle with configuration files.

[sn0wflake]

I finally figured out to disable the Windows XP firewall entirely and I now get a 2 MB upload speed from Knoppix to Windows XP which is more acceptable than 128 Kbps!

My next question is how to configure Windows XP's firewall to accept Samba so I don't have to disable/enable the firewall in every upload session. What TCP/UDP ports are needed? This will probably also help me configure the Firestarter firewall.

Update: OK, I actually figured it out in 2 minutes TCP is port 139 and UDP is port 137 but this presents me with a new problem. Now grc.com reports an open port in Windows XP. Grrrr... Time for a better firewall or a router.