I have no idea about sygate but you can using DHCP, with your Win box as the
host machine.
That is how I have to use my DSL connection.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mario Lamontagne
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 4:54 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Internet connection sharing...
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wood Brent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] Internet connection sharing...
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> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm wondering if i could do the following. I >have
> > 2 computer in a lan. 1 is in windows98 and has >Sygate
> > home network 4.0 installed. I use it to share
> > >my internet connection between the 2 computer. Would
> > >it be possible, in linux, to share the same
> > connection >with or without using sygate or in any
> > other way?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, & I believe Mandrake 7.2 is the easiest one to do
> > it with. Once you have set up Mandrake to either use a
> > cable modem or dialup for internet connection, just
> > work through the internet connection sharing menu in
> > DrakeConf. Tell your Windows box to use DHCP to get
> > it's IP address & that's about it.
> >
> > Id does all the ipchains config etc to manage the
> > routing, without your having to learn how do set
> > anything up manually. (Note, if you upgrade to kernel
> > 2.4, this breaks coz it uses iptables, not ipchains,
> > otherwise, it works well, at least it did on this box)
>
> The problem is that i'm not sharing the inet connection from
> the linux box,
> but from the windows box. The windows box uses a winmodem that i can't
> install on the linux box. Is it possible from the windows box
> to share a
> connection between linux and windows using sygate or not?
>
>
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