--- Hans Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Actually, I was hoping there was a way to just run an
>> ethernet cord between the two computers as both already
>> have ports for that.
>
> You should be able to do it. The burden lies on the laptop
> to do the connection sharing. The linux box need only
> have the proper LAN settings (including your laptop as
> gateway). Of course, the laptop needs to have the LAN
> settings right too. :-)
>
> Unfortunately, I don't know how to approach this in OS
> X. Hopefully someone else does...

I haven't done it myself, but as I recall, OS X inherited
the ipfw utilities from FreeBSD.  I'd start by looking for
an ipfw man page, or google for something like "ipfw OS X".


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