Re: internet sharing question
From: Shefali Joshi (shefali_s_joshi_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/28/04
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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 20:07:49 GMT
"SUMONISH" <sumonish1@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> i think the easiest way is either a router or and old 486+ with 2nics and
> smoothwall
>
> (smoothwall is almost self installing and its only 20mb)
>
> Cheers sum
>
>
> "Shefali Joshi" <shefali_s_joshi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1tXsc.73120$Gg1.3135@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to mess around with getting my internet sharing (home
> > network) to work for the past 2 days without any luck now.
> >
> > I have two 3com ethernet cards, the first connects to the internet and
the
> > second I'm using for my home LAN. I can connect to the internet just
fine,
> > but I can't seem to be able to get my other computers(windows xp) to do
> so.
> > For the most part, I'm completely confused as to where to begin or what
> > course to follow to get my LAN working.
> > I hear people talk about iptables, ip masquerading...etc...most of that
> > doesnt make sense to me since i'm a newbie and am still in the learning
> > phase. I REALLY don't want to get frustrated and say "to hell with
> linux!".
> > So can someone give me some REAL pointers as to what to do to get my LAN
> > going?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
>
>
Thanks everyone for all your help. Unfortunately, I couldn't experiment with
all your suggestions any longer (inpatient boyfriend hehe). Instead, I just
found this program called "firestarter" and it makes my LAN work
beautifully.
Thanks a lot again.
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