[coLinux-users] Colinux on a closed network

[Dave C. <dc...@da...>]

Hi,

We have a number of XP machines on a closed network without DHCP (all
machines have a static IP).

All of the machines should connect to a 'Control' computer, but,
because of artificial limitations imposed by Microsoft, the control
computer is unable to handle all of the connections.

(The setup is a ship simulation lab with some 24 computers connecting
to the Control machine and simulating 8 ships).

The 24 computers would update the Control regarding their position and
course, etc.

However, because this is not possible in XP, we have added a linux box
to the network which is purely there to store files to be read and
written to by all 24 computers and also the Control.

I want to remove the Linux box and place a colinux instance on the
Control machine.

To do this, I need Colinux to offer a Samba share to the network to be
read and written to as if it were a seperate machine.

Is this possible?

How would it be done? With slirp, nat or bridged?

The network has static IPs 192.168.10.1-25, so the Colinux machine
would need to be 192.168.10.26