On Monday 16 June 2003 19:42, you wrote: > You don't need a router, but a second NIC in your linux box would allow > you to create the best setup. This would go something like: > > Windows machine connects to your first NIC either via the hub or via the > crossover cable. As you have a hub, might as well toss the crossover > cable and connect via the hub. So you now have two connections to your > hub: the W$ box and let's assume eth0 on your linux box. Set eth0 on > your linux machine to 192.168.0.1 subnet 255.255.255.0 and set the > address on your wife's machine to 192.168.0.2 same subnet. Set the > gateway on the W$ machine to 192.168.0.1 and DNS addresses to your > provider's addresses. > > Now the W$ box and linux can ping each other. Don't go further until > they can. > > Now connect your second NIC to the cable modem and set it up in the same > way as is working for you right now. You should now have internet from > linux, but not yet from Windows. > > Download gShield from http://muse.linuxmafia.org/gshield.html > > This is one of the REALLY easy to use firewall scripts. Edit the conf > file and read all the very helpful comments, but all you need to set is > that NAT is switched on. You'll also need to enter your network address > in NATS, but that is all very well explained in the file. > > Install the directory under /etc/firewall as instructed and run it. Now > the W$ machine has internet access with your linux machine as a very > effective firewall. > > Post again if you have trouble with gShield and I can send you a > pre-configured file.
So then there's no way to do it with one card? Hmm, I was hoping it was possible. After all, I could see the modem on the hub from her machine. I suspect that if I connect the modem to the hub again that I could now see it with my machine. I just couldn't before because I had configuration problems probably due to running 8.1 (which some on here have pointed out is a little on the flaky side).
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