Hi all, I am sooooooooo happy------- just configured my very first network! (Other than AS400 stuff) I am definatley a newbie when it comes to networks so please forgive me if this seems like a silly question...... I have just connected to the internet using my linux mandrake 7.2 box...... and set it up to share the connection made with the internal us robotics 56k modem it has in it......... I successfully connected with my box to the 3 com hub with my 3 com ethernet card.......... I also connected to my hub with a laptop running win98 with a pcmcia ethernet card........and i can connect thru the Mandrake box.....and surf the net. with the laptop and the linux box....... wow.........this is so cool............(If you can't tell I am having a lot of fun right now! :) ANYWAY........here is my question...........(finally--sorry for the long story.. but I was just really happy!)........ I am in the process of getting QWEST.net dsl........and was wondering if the mandrake box could work the same way it is now with the 56k modem? I am sure that the modem I will get from qwest will be a pci type........... (will it work?) ............ or do I have to get an external dsl modem for this? Mandrake was definately easy to set up for internet sharing.......... I just hope it is as easy to use dsl as it was the 56k modem..... This is going to end up as a basic 4 computer home network sharing 1 dsl line through a 3com hub............(If that makes more sense) Any ideas / suggestion / comments / internet links / recommended reading........... will be read with great appreciation! Thanks, -- Dave Registered LInux User #204085 ________________________________ M$ is not the answer. M$ is the question. The answer is Linux !
