L.D wrote:
>However, from what I've read I will end up with a Proxy on my main
>machine [whatever that does] which will do the 'signal sorting' so that
>his machine & my machine talk to the ISP seperately. From what I've
>gathered, the Proxy would maintain & use the fixed IP data between cable
>modem & ISP, while recognizing via 'local' IPs that two different
>machines are being used.
>
>Now I may be totally wrong ... <G>
;-)
You don't need a proxy (you can use one however). What you need is a
gateway doing NAT (Network Address Translation). There are programs to do
this for probably all OS.
>From the last line in your message, it appears as if you are using BOOTP
>on Arachne. I don't think that *can* work when you're using a local
>network to access the cable modem, unless your local network has DNS
>capability to tell Arachne IP and all the other stuff it needs to work.
It doesn't need DNS capability (but once more you can have it), it needs
DHCP/BOOTP for Arachne to be able to use that.
//Bernie
