Re: Internet acces on Mandrake 9.2

From: Sybren Stuvel (sybrenUSE_at_YOURthirdtower.imagination.com)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:16:36 +0100

Mikoangelo enlightened us with:
> I want to use the internet from my linux computer. I'm currently
> running Mandrake 9.2 (don't ask), and my mothers computer (the
> gateway, is that what it's called, the computer that's plugged onto
> the internet, and I use to do the same?) is running WinXP Pro. How
> do I do that?

Turn on "internet connection sharing" on the WinXP box, and make it a
DHCP server. That should do the trick.

> I've heard something about a program called samba, but what's that?

Not needed for what you want.

Sybren 

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