On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 11:01, |nSaNe wrote:
> Hiya,
>  
> I have Internet connection sharing set up for my windows PC's and have
> recently brought Xbox live, now if i use a dediacated cat5 lead to the
> mandrake box it works fine (after editing shorewall rules to allow
> ports) however as I am cheap and have had the same network in place
> for years my home PC network is coax and therefore I cant use this
> with my Xbox.
>  
> So i thought it would be easier and cheaper to just add another nic to
> the linux server and use hat to server for Xbox live.
>  
> now my question is, when i set up internet connections sharing in
> mandrake it only allows me to select one nic for usevia (i presume)
> the dhcp server, and I need both (or a workaround as i can manually
> set ip's on the xbox) to get this to work,
>  
> Any help would be apreciated, i changed from a 2k server to this a few
> months ago and have been happy so far, I would know how to do this in
> 2k server, but in linux I am stuck, so if anyone can tell me how to
> get the second nic to work with internet connection sharing (or even
> better the dhcp server to work also with it) I would be in debt to
> you.
>  
> Thanks for reading
>  
> Lee Wilson

Lee,

  Perhaps easier method would be to find one of the older hubs that had
both a cable and cat 5 connectors. (Usually found in the "junk" stores
and swap meets for around 5 bucks to a dollar US.)  Then hook the coax
cable up to, then plug in the Xbox to it with a short cat 5.  They
usually only operate at 10mbs and they are passive hubs.  But it does
work.. (I've done it before.) 

James

>  
>  
> Nb.sorry if this has been sent twice, my ISP mail server is playing up
> and I am unsure if it went the first time.


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