Re: Connecting to a LINUX Oracle 8i Server

The easiest way to do this would be to get two network cards and a network hub. (You can
use a cross-over cable, but it may be hard to find one.) Most Linux distro's recognize
Linksys
TX-100 cards, and these are usually widely available and pretty cheap--around $20-30.

Once the cards are installed you will want to set up TCP/IP networking on the Windows
machine, and configure the IP address of the Linux machine. The networking howtos do a
good job explaining what has to happen, but in short give one machine the IP of
192.168.0.10 and the other 192.168.0.20. Once you have set up the addresses of both,
and
they are connected by the cable, you should use a DOS prompt and ping each machine to
see if they are "talking" to each other. You will want to add the entry "listener 1521/tcp net8"
to
your /etc/services file on Linux (you will have to restart network services to get this to work).
If
the machines are talking to each other, you can move on to the Oracle issue.

You don't really say what you want on the windows side, but presuming your database is
up
and running. Net8 will take care of the rest. It does a good job of setting up tnsnames.ora
now.

I just finished setting up Oracle 8i EE on my Linux box, and have Oracle Portal running on
a
NT box using the Linux database. Works like a charm. If you have any more questions,
post
here and I will try to help.

Mike

In article <1sQG5.1016$Qf5.94984_at_newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,   "Edward Kulbacki" <efkulbacki_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> What's the easiest way to connect a 2nd PC to a PC
> with Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition running on LINUX?
>
> Is a serial port connection the quickest and easiest using
> SLIP? What about Net8? How does Client 8i fit in with
> either of these?
>
> I'm looking for the easiest way possible to get the two PC's talking
 to each
> other, one being the user, and working with the Oracle database.
>
> Any help, or pointing me in the right direction, would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Ed Kulbacki
> EFK Consulting, Inc.
>
>

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Before you buy. Received on Wed Oct 18 2000 - 08:34:28 CDT