Thanks for your message, but the computer is already there up and
running. I am asking how to configure it to share the connection with
other machines.

-daniel

On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 16:34, James Pifer wrote:
> IMHO you should use a dedicated system for sharing your internet
> connection. All you need is a pretty low end desktop and you can load
> any number of prebuilt products, such as Smoothwall or IPCop. There are
> tons of others too. 
> 
> I use IPCop and had it installed in about 15 minutes the first time on
> an old Pentium 233 with 128 meg RAM and 340 meg HD. Of course I have
> some old systems at my disposal, so maybe it's an easier choice for me. 
> 
> James
> 
> On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 11:29, Daniel Dui wrote:
> > Here is my problem:
> > 
> > I have a RH9 box with two network cards. One network card connects to a
> > cable modem and the other to a hub. I would like to share the Internet
> > connection with other computers in the house.
> > 
> > I was hoping to find a "share connection" tick box somewhere in the
> > network configuration options, but I could not.
> > 
> > I had a look at various howtos, but they look much more complicated than
> > they should be. All I am trying to do is set up a little home network! I
> > am surprised that still there is not a simple and easy way to do a
> > simple and easy thing in RH9.
> > 
> > Can anyone provide any clue?
> > 
> > many thanks
> > 
> > -daniel
> > 


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