said Cameron Matheson, on Jan 1,
> Hey, > > My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, which > I have lusted after for many months. Anyway, > I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to > share a window's internet with a linux box? > > Thanks, > Cameron Matheson > > we have an adsl connection ---> linux router project box (a hdd-less 486) ---> 24 port switching hub ---> +/- 14 boxes: debian, mac, and windows. you need: ethernet cards all round hub (or a switch- much better) lrp box cable you can do it without the lrp router/firewall but.... point out to your family that this would be more secure to them and that two boxes/one dsl would (probably) not noticeably degrade their performance. works great for our community access computer lab - all donated equipment (read mostly obsolete.) geordie.
