michael wrote:
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, a
I forgot to add that for DNS and DHCP I recommend dnsmasq,
which is very easy to set up. (For me just one line added
to the config file.)
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michael wrote:
I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied for
setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
I've a computer that did have Internet connection via ethernet to a modem
router. It's
Debian has the Linux HowTo's:
> ~$ apt-cache show doc-linux-text
> Package: doc-linux-text
> Priority: standard
> Section: doc
> Installed-Size: 9136
> Maintainer: Debian LDP Maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Architecture: all
> Source: doc-linux
> Version: 2005.04-1
> Replaces: doc-linux, doc-lin
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:02:41AM +, Joe wrote:
> michael wrote:
> >But, can we now take it as given I want to set up my PC as a router, and
> >thus I am looking for a 'simple how to' in order to do this. I would have
> >thought it was about 3 commands on each PC!
>
> Ah, you've realised how
michael wrote:
But, can we now take it as given I want to set up my PC as a router, and
thus I am looking for a 'simple how to' in order to do this. I would have
thought it was about 3 commands on each PC!
Ah, you've realised how Usenet works...
OK, look at it from an experienced Debian user
> On 09/27/2005 08:06 pm, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> michael wrote:
>> > On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote:
>> >>michael wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps
>> >>you're trying to turn the computer that's plugged into the USB modem
>>
On 09/27/2005 08:53 pm, michael wrote:
> > On 09/27/2005 08:43 pm, michael wrote:
> >> I should also add that it'd be better to link the machines so that I
> >> only
> >> have to download all updates once from the Internet (and then use copy
> >> locally)
> >
> > Using a router would not prevent yo
> On 09/27/2005 08:43 pm, michael wrote:
>
>> I should also add that it'd be better to link the machines so that I
>> only
>> have to download all updates once from the Internet (and then use copy
>> locally)
>
> Using a router would not prevent you from doing that.
>
>
> 8)
>
Okay. Fair enough po
On 09/27/2005 08:43 pm, michael wrote:
> I should also add that it'd be better to link the machines so that I only
> have to download all updates once from the Internet (and then use copy
> locally)
Using a router would not prevent you from doing that.
8)
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Pollywog writes:
> The router probably uses less electrical power than an additional
> computer would use.
I have a DSL modem that includes a router/firewall. When I got DSL I put
it in bridge mode and used an old Aptiva as a router/firewall. All went
well until the Aptiva had a hardware problem
> On 09/27/2005 08:06 pm, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> michael wrote:
>> > On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote:
>> >>michael wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps
you're trying to turn the computer that's plugged into the USB modem
into a
> michael wrote:
>> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote:
>>
>>>michael wrote:
>
>>>Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps
>>>you're trying to turn the computer that's plugged into the USB modem
>>>into a router, sharing it's internet connection with the
On 09/27/2005 08:06 pm, Mike McCarty wrote:
> michael wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote:
> >>michael wrote:
> >>
> >>Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps
> >>you're trying to turn the computer that's plugged into the USB modem
> >>into a
michael wrote:
On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote:
michael wrote:
Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps
you're trying to turn the computer that's plugged into the USB modem
into a router, sharing it's internet connection with the second machine
Hi Michael
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:54:58PM +0100, michael wrote:
> I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
> network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied for
> setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
>
> I've a computer that did
> michael wrote:
>
>>I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
>>network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied
>> for
>>setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
>>
>>I've a computer that did have Internet connection via ethernet to a mode
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 08:39 +0200, Maurits van Rees wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:54:58PM +0100, michael wrote:
> > I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
> > network.
>
> Jut two days ago Steve Kemp at the debian-administration.org website
> posted an articl
On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote:
> michael wrote:
>
> >>michael wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
> >>>network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied
> >>>for
> >>>setting up my first ho
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
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:54:58PM +0100, michael wrote:
> I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
> network.
Jut two days ago Steve Kemp at the debian-administration.org website
posted an article called 'An introduction to Debian networking setup':
http://www.debia
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 06:39:13PM -0600, Glenn English wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 22:54 +0100, michael wrote:
> > I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
> > network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied for
> > setting up my first home
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 p
On Monday 26 September 2005 4:54 pm, michael wrote:
> So all I want to do is connect the latter to the former such that both can
> access the Internet...
There is probably some very easy way to do this graphically but I like this
method:
Install ipkungfu from aptitude.
Go to /etc/ipkungfu and ed
On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 22:54 +0100, michael wrote:
> I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
> network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied for
> setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
>
> I've a computer that did have Internet conne
Michael writes:
> I don't want to fork out dosh for a modem/router.
The "router" can be an old junker pc running Linux.
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michael wrote:
>>michael wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
>>>network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied
>>>for
>>>setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
>>>
>>>I've a computer that did have Internet c
> michael wrote:
>
>>I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
>>network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied
>> for
>>setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
>>
>>I've a computer that did have Internet connection via ethernet to a mode
michael wrote:
>I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
>network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied for
>setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
>
>I've a computer that did have Internet connection via ethernet to a modem
>router.
I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home
network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied for
setting up my first home Debian/Linux network.
I've a computer that did have Internet connection via ethernet to a modem
router. It's now connected to
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