On 19 Dec, this message from Patrick Baltz echoed through cyberspace: >>>I have a powerbook 7300 running woody (very nice ...) >>>I have an ethernet transceiver (Apple M0437) on the AAUI port. I would >>>like to know how to use both my built-in Ethernet card and my transceiver >>>to >>>use my Mac as a router between my DSL connection and my own LAN. >>> >>Sorry, doesn't work that way. It's still only one network interface, and >>you can only use one media port at a time (AAUI or built-in UTP port, >>not both). PowerBook 7300? You mean a PowerMac 7300? You could just get >>a PCI NIC and throw it in, and go with that; it'd probably be your best >>bet.
Yeah, you can have cheap 10/100 cards for a few bucks (RTL139-based; works relatively well). > Or alternatively, you could setup up an alias for the built-in > interface. I have used a similar setup before, and it works. Don't > know what affect using the interface for two addresses has on network > traffic, but if all you want to do is share access and you don't get too > much traffic, it should work. > > You will need a network hub, preferably 10/100M. Hook up the DSL modem > and all your computers to the hub. To setup an alias on a network > interface you can do something like this: > > ifconfig eth0:0 10.0.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 I wouldn't recommend such a setup. In that case you can just connect the ADSL modem on your LAN and drop any firewall functionality. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
