Re: [SLE] Can XP ICS support SuSe DHCP?

gchris_at_bellsouth.net
Date: 02/28/04

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    Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:04:50 -0500
To: "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams@acm.org>

    "Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
    >
    > On Friday 27 February 2004 7:35 am, Malke Routh wrote:
    > > >
    > > Hi, Alejo. This is the part where I tell you that Windows ICS sucks and
    > > is nasty even with just Windows boxen. This is the part where I tell you
    > > to get an inexpensive (<$50usd) router instead or put the Linux box as
    > > the gateway. ICS just isn't very good, even with an all-Windows
    > > situation.
    >
    > I'll second that. ICS requires a box with two ethernet cards, which in itself
    > can be tricky to configure whether in Linux or Windows.
    >
    > Routers are the key to heaven these days no matter what OS you're running.
    >
    > Paul Abrahams

    Paul, I originally posted the question and I'm here to tell you that
    XP ICS has faultlessly delivered internet access to five other Windows
    boxes for over a year. With Windows, adding another box is as simple
    as giving it the gateway address 192.168.0.1 period. If Linux desktops
    are going to replace Windows desktops they need to be just as easy to
    configure, and my goal is to find out how to do that correctly.

    BTW, XP ICS can use two NICs or one NIC and a dialup modem or one NIC
    and a USB connection to a cable/DSL modem. Now tell me why I need a
    $50 router to fix something that isn't broken? ;)
    Chris 

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