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Create an Emergency Router
With the new settings in place, start the LISa daemon:
knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ sudo /etc/init.d/lisa start
Starting LAN Information Server: lisa.
Now click K Menu ➝ Home, type lan://localhost in the location bar, and
press Enter. The machines on the network that LISa detects should appear,
named according to their IP address, as in Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1. Networks detected by LISa
Click on a machine to see the different filesharing services it offers (see
Figure 5-2). Click on any of the folders to access files that the services are
offering. To access Windows shares, click on the SMB folder.
There are a number of filesharing services LISa supports, including FISH
(filesharing over SSH), FTP, NFS, and SMB.
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Create an Emergency Router
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Turn Knoppix into a router or firewall.
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Avoid thinking that Knoppix can be used only for demonstration purposes
or is fit only for light desktop use. Knoppix is a full-fledged portable installation of Linux, which means it can do most anything an installed version of
Linux can do. For instance, Knoppix comes ready to use as a fully functional
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