On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 09:25, David Reynolds wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > OK basically you cannot connect to the cable modem through a hub, or > > connect more than one computer at a time through it to be proper. The > > first one gets its IP address and there are no more to be given by the > > cable modem. > > > > If you want to connect multiple computers through a single cable modem, > > connect the Mandrake computer and then add a second interface to a hub > > for the other computers--eth0 to local and eth1 to cable then activate > > connection sharing > > > > The dhcp failure you are geting is most likely the connection > > misconfiguration. > > Thanks greatly for the straightforward answer. Never having had to deal with > a home network before, I did not understand the difference between > "hub/switch" and "router/switch". Silly me. > > I'll pick up the other this week and make the switch. I'm planning on using > a LinkSys BEFSR41 Router/Switch since there are three devices currently > intended for connection. Aside from doing the MAC spoofing, is there > anything else I should be aware of? > > > Civileme > > Your advice is helpful, as always. Good luck with your employment situation. > > David Reynolds > David,
Depending on how your cable service provider sets things up, connection sharing may not be enough. You may need to make the Mandrake machine a proxy server to allow multiple machines to share the cable connection. Certainly this is required for the Telstra Bigpond cable service here in Australia. Fortunately this is easy :-) Just have squid running and tell all your client machines to use the proxy. HTH Brian
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