James Hartwick wrote:
>
> A couple of odd & ends I am trying to clear up:
>
> 1) Under Win98 my machine acts as a gateway through a dialup PPP connection
> to the internet for 2 other machines (also running Win98) using Wingate. In
> order to do the same thing under Linux do i need to install/config Samba or
> can i use a redirection method included in RH5.2?
Samba is not what you need for this use. I don't know Red Hat, but what
you want is IP Masq. Look at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade
for more info.
>
> 2) The Wheel on my mouse isn't working anywhere. I really only want it for
> my X applications (Netscape in particular). I Have an MSIntellimouse PS/2
> Compatible.
I saw a driver for those things some time ago - try doing a search at
freshmeat or metalab.
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