On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 22:23 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 06:18:15PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Michael writes: > > > I don't want to fork out dosh for a modem/router. > > > > The "router" can be an old junker pc running Linux. > > It can even be one of your two PC's, as long as you're willing to dedicate > it to Linux. And you'd have to put an ethernet card on it for your > local net, in addition to what you've got to talk to the rest of the world.
Yes, yes, yes. This is what I am talking about! I was being too general before I guess in order not to restrict ideas... > Then you can set up that PC as a masquerading router. Look for the > HOWTO on IP Masquerading. okay, i'll chase that up. (I was hoping there would be a "how to turn you Debian PC into a router and connect it to other machines on your home LAN"!) ta, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
