On 16 Dec 2002 14:38:21 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > > -- As a person fairly new to networking with linux i can vouch... it's pretty simple. I turned my machines off, put in the NIC's, hooked the 2 together, then I re-installed all my OS's when I did it (i'd been tinkering too much and broke something AGAIN! lol but mdk is SO EASY to install on my machines) and it was all done in a flash! got a simple rc.firewall script and pow! It all worked first try and haven't had a single problem with it. Jerry.
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