On 5/28/2014 1:29 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2014, John R Pierce wrote: > >> On 5/27/2014 5:38 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >>> Until recently, I had a 32-bit machine with one monitor running fedora. >>> The later editions of fedora didn't like it, so I switched to CentOS. >>> Now I have two 64-bit machines and two monitors and a CenturyLink router. >>> Also a KVM switch that I have not taken out of the package. >>> My main machine has two video connections >>> and two ethernet connections, eth0 and eth1 . >>> >>> I've never had more than one machine or more than one monitor before. >>> >>> I'd like to be able to use both monitors at once on my main machine. >>> I'd like to be able to switch one monitor >>> between machines without too much trouble. >>> I'd rather not where the pins out. >>> KVM will do this, right? >>> KVM is transparent to the computer, right? >>> My secondary machine sometimes runs Windows, >>> so I'd like it not to have its own global IP address. >>> My first thought would be to connect it directly >>> to one of the ethernet ports on my main machine. >>> >>> How do I go about this? >>> The answer I am expecting is one or more links to tutorials or the like. >> now, about that networking thing. thats a whole different issue. >> plugging the 2nd computer into the 2nd port on the first computer will >> require the first computer to implement some form of network sharing and >> to configure a 2nd subnet address range on that 2nd port, something like >> 192.168.x.y. > I thought the networking thing might be more interesting. > I was petty sure that each should have a local IP address for the other > and if the 2nd machine wants to contact the outside world, > numero uno will need to know how to mediate the connection. It can get fairly "interesting" depending on what you are trying to do. You may need a special crossover cable to connect the two computers directly. The newer network cards may be able to handle doing this with a standard cable, but I haven't tried it. Why do you want to connect the two computers like this? It is usually more trouble than it's worth unless you want to use the first computer as a firewall or something. Just connect both of them to your router and everything should work fine. -- Bowie