im new to networking i have redhat 6.1 running on a amd133 as my server with kernel 2.2.14and will have ipchains and masqurading as soon as i figure out how it works.lol and a piii with kernel 2.3.42 using realtec 8019 cards which i have working now.. i can telnet to each computer..i have read the howtos but it went straight over my head can anyone point me in the right direction to setting up nfs and how to get my piii to look to the 166 for its inet connection???any help would be greatly appreciated..thanx

okay, im not too sure about the exact setup for linux, but i know you have to have it enabled in your kernel or have the module loaded(for the client and server). As for the client, once you have the server setup just run the mount command to mount the remote disk(server), like this: mount -t nfs hostnameofserver:/directorytomount/ /localdirectory/ before you will be able to mount /directorytomount it has to be listed in your /etc/exports file (for security reasons). So edit your /etc/exports file to include /directorytomount (read man exports) for syntax on that. simplified: 1. make sure nfs is enabled in your kernel 2. make sure the directory on the server to be mounted is in /etc/exports 3. make sure nfs is enabled on the kernel of the client 4. mount the directory as shown above. hope this helps --Ben Shirani (rooster@stic.net

You had it right the first time , you need to be looking in to IP masqurading. there is no secrete to it, it takes an over all veiw of networking.. I would sugest just keep reading.. nfs is drive sharing.. (i.e. mounting remote drives)