Re: Computer sharing problems

[W Guy Finley <wgfinley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:13 AM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote:

>You will need a NIC (network card) for each machine,
>prefered 10 or 100 BaseT (twisted pair cable), and
>a hub to plug both machines into.  Or, with only 2
>machines, you can get a cross-over cable (or adapter)
>and plug them directly together without a hub.

So Bruce, if I choose to it without a hub I can just buy two NIC cards and 
connect one to the other?  I'm assuming this will be cheaper since I don't 
have to buy a hub then.

I've been checking out the HOWTOs and getting a little confused, most are 
written for networking on a large scale which I definitely won't be doing 
here.  Trying to keep it simple!

I was thinking that IP Masquerading would be my best choice?  That way I 
just have it going on the Linux box and the Windows box can share the 
internet connection.

My only stumbling point will be getting the DSL going on the Linux box, 
Ameritech isn't going to give me any support for that.  However, since I 
think they're just using a ethernet connection it should be a snap once I 
have the network settings (domain name, network mask, DNS server, etc) right?

--Guy

(heading off to find a DSL HOWTO!!)

>There are a lot of howto's on the subject.
>Ethernet howto's, net howto's ...
>
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>Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
>System Administrator / Network Administrator
>Armstrong International, Inc.
>Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
>http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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