Of course, Stephen is very correct, and Brandon's two Option's work great, however...
What's best from a standpoint of ease, security and performance is purchasing an internet gateway/router/firewall from Linksys. Mine is a four port switch, as well, but they also make even smaller units. I think the going rate for this device is around $70-80 USD. That may sound a little steep for your wallet, but consider these advantages over using a second NIC in the MDK 8.2 box: 1) Switches allow full duplex communication. Both your machines get 100% of the bandwidth for network and Internet. When your 8.3 machine is print spooling for the XP machine, you will appreciate the lighter feel on that machine while you are still trying to work or surf the Web. You set-it up through your Web browser for static addressing (my recommendation for this set-up), or go super-easy and let it DHCP the IP addresses for the two machines. Plug each machine into the device and your DSL or cable modem into the device. 2) While Linux's software firewall has a lot more options and control capability, a hardware firewall is always preferable since it is harder to hack. You can run both, if you are that paranoid. I would always opt for that extra warm feeling of a hardware firewall. In this case, it comes as part of the package. 3) You do not need to have your 8.2 machine running for the XP machine to surf the web! 4) When the time comes to add another machine, you can add either a tiny five port Linksys Workstation Switch to the device or a hub. With the cross-over, you still have to start over again. 5) The cost of the device will pay for itself over the cost of a second IP from your provider in the first or second year, depending on the amount you are asked to pay. The device will comfortably handle up to 32 computers simultaneous connections to one IP address from the high-speed source, depending on how you set the rest of the growing network up. None of this relieves the need for you to have 8.2 running for Samba services. Check out http://www.linksys.com for what they have. There are other brands that work.I make no bones about being very biased toward hardware devices to provide ancillary protection. I can be very cash poor at times, so I am not always able to go high-tech, either. You have choices. T :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files, cable connection between two boxes On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 16:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 03:00 PM 12/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >. Stephen, can you share the internet with a > >crossover cable? > Yes provided the cable goes to a Hub/router/whatevers Uplink Or #1 > port. thats what that port is for. > OK now I am confused (again), I was thinking from what Stephen wrote that my XP/mdk9.0 box would be connected to my 8.2 box with the crossover cable, and that (8.2) box would have another NIC connected to my cable modem as usual.I thought a hub/router/whatever was unnecessary with this setup. I also thought this would suffice for both file sharing and for sharing the cable connection.Was I wrong? Also what is the #1 port? Joe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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