Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-08 Thread Bruce Best \(CRO\)
Several methods of sharing a DSL connection are outlined at http://sympaticousers.org/menu/nav.htm All assume an external DSL modem. Note that some DSL modems (notably the Nortel and Alcatel) support more than one MAC address, so if you get a hub, plug in the two computers and the modem, both ma

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-02 Thread Tom Pfeifer
If it's an external modem, I can suggest looking into something like the Linksys BEFSR41, which is a 4-Port Cable/DSL Router: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5 I'm using it now on my 3 machine home network to share my cable internet connection. It's easy to set up, and yo

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Geordie Birch
said Cameron Matheson, on Jan 1, > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, which > I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, > I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to > share a window's internet with a linux box? >

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, I also used Linux as gateway/firewall/masq server to DSL and now use Linux with Cable. I recommend this approach over using Windows on technical bases. But Cameron may have some other political issues with this approach in his family. I know if you buy home LAN kit with 100baseT switching

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Nate Amsden
> Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, > which I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, > I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a > way to share a window's internet with a linux box? if you ca

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, January 1, Cameron Matheson did write: > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, > which I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, I can't steal the > modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to share a window's > internet wi

Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

2001-01-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 07:19:38PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, which > I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, > I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to > share a window'