On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 14:08, joe wrote: > On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 16:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > > At 03:00 PM 12/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > >. Stephen, can you share the internet with a > > >crossover cable? > > > Yes provided the cable goes to a Hub/router/whatevers Uplink Or #1 > > port. thats what that port is for. > > > OK now I am confused (again), I was thinking from what Stephen wrote > that my XP/mdk9.0 box would be connected to my 8.2 box with the > crossover cable, and that (8.2) box would have another NIC connected to > my cable modem as usual.I thought a hub/router/whatever was unnecessary > with this setup. I also thought this would suffice for both file sharing > and for sharing the cable connection.Was I wrong? Also what is the #1 > port? Joe. >
Best and most simple set is: 2 NIC in one box - one connected to ADSL - the other to the "local" network. 1 NIC in the OTHER computer - using a crossover cable that plugs into the other computer for the local network. No major costs. Simple. -- Mon Dec 16 14:35:01 EST 2002 2:35pm up 5 days, 6:57, 6 users, load average: 0.01, 0.03, 0.08 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.
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