Re: [SLE] Can XP ICS support SuSe DHCP?
From: Sid Boyce (sboyce_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 02/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:39:20 +0000
gchris@bellsouth.net wrote:
>"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
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>>On Friday 27 February 2004 7:35 am, Malke Routh wrote:
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>>>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
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>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.
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With Linux, adding another box is as simple as giving it the gateway
address 192.168.0.1 period.
Spot the difference?
I have here 3 Linux boxes and two laptops permanently up, one laptop
using Cisco VPN into work via LAN or dial-up, all hub connected to a
Linux firewall box out to a cable modem and it was a no brainer to set
up. I added one box a few weeks ago using Mandrake 10.0-beta2. I have a
mix of Mandrake 9.2, SuSE 9.0 with 2.6.3-mm3 kernels and RedHat 9, plus
I occasionally dig out and attach a spare box with a Knoppix CD. All are
able to access the internet. On the desktop, I do FlightGear, watch TV,
Gnomemeeting, hamradio VOIP, hamradio control using grig and a multitude
of other stuff, also using Crossover office for Lotus Notes and IE5 for
web sites that ban other browsers.
>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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I'd advise a router as it's a specialised item with limited objectives
and hence simpler and less likely to succumb to attacks than a box that
is loaded down with all sorts of applications that may subject it to
compromise. The router can be locked down more securely.
Regards
Sid.
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