mamalos said:
wokko,
what do you mean when you say "switch" exactly? What is your LAN setup? What are you trying to achieve? Do you have a router between your two machines, or does one of them act as a router?
Basically this is what I have got:
- 2 x computer boxes
- 1 x monitor, keyboard and mouse
I have one box as my main computer (FreeBSD) and the other box (OpenBSD).
At the moment for me to use the other box (OpenBSD), I have to unplug the Monitor, keyboard and mouse from my main box (FreeBSD) and plug it into my other box (OpenBSD), to be able to use it.
What I want is to be able to leave the Monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to my main box and connect my other box to the main box via
Ethernet Cable (Natd) if I can? and use some sort of combination keys for example (Alt + F1) to switch to my other box (OpenBSD) and be able to use it and then if I want to use my main box (FreeBSD), use some other combination keys for example (Alt + F2) to switch back to my main box.
At the moment I have two
NIC's on my Main box and one
NIC on my other box. I have a DSL modem with the ethernet cable connect to one of the
NICs on my main box and the other
NIC I want to use to route the internet to my other box via ethernet cable.
I'm not sure if you can do that or not or do I need a router and hub to be able to do that?
Can I do it this way or is there an easy way?