Joseph wrote:
>
>What I would like to do, and need some specific help, pointers to good
>information, and maybe a plan of attack with the best order of doing things
>is the following which would make my wife happy since we could eliminate
the
>cost of modems and phone lines for all of the computers! :)
>
Here are some links that should get you going. The main index for all of
the HowTo's is http://www.linux.com/howto/ and at various other places on
the 'net.
> 1. Getting Linux up and running.
This is kind of a broad category, but these might prove helpful:
http://www.linux.com/howto/Installation-HOWTO.html
http://www.linux.com/howto/Kernel-HOWTO.html
> 2. Getting the Linux box to be recognized on the existing network.
http://www.linux.com/howto/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html
http://www.linux.com/howto/Ethernet-HOWTO.html
http://www.linux.com/howto/NET3-4-HOWTO.html
> 3. Put my modems in the Linux box so that my other computers can share the
>internet connection, and still be able to use HTTP, FTP, ICQ, AOL, AOL IM,
>etc.
http://www.linux.com/howto/Modem-HOWTO.html
http://www.linux.com/howto/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html
http://www.linux.com/howto/Intranet-Server-HOWTO.html
http://www.linux.com/howto/mini/IP-Masquerade.html
> 4. Set up the Linux box so that when one of the other computers tries to
>access the internet that it will automatically cause the Linux box to dial
>the internet to complete the connection.
http://www.linux.com/howto/mini/Diald.html
Good luck with it!
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