Yes, what you are wanting to do is doable, but remember that in general you will not get support from Comcast for linux, so if you can't get by on your own I would do the reverse until you are up to speed on how the network stuff works. Also look into getting SAMBA to work and NFS etc.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Flier > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 3:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Comcast & Routing > > I will soon have a similar situation... I have two computers at home. > One is the one I'm using now which is currently dual boot RH9/Windows > 98. It's connected to the Internet via cable modem (RCA) and has a > static IP address. > > What I would like to do is install RH9 on a second computer, have a > private LAN with the two machines, so that files/printers can be > shared. I would also like them to share my Internet connection > without > having to obtain a second static IP address from my ISP. I am not a > network guru by any means, so I've been reading up on the subject, and > it seems there are several different ways this could be done. What I > am > thinking would be the simplest way is this: > > 1) Establish the LAN using private IP addresses and a hub. > > 2) Connect the hub to the cable modem. > > 3) Connect to the Internet directly from the Linux box, then configure > the Windoze box to use the Linux box as a proxy server so I can surf > the > web from the Windoze box (all my email etc. will go to the Linux box). > > Is this workable? Is it the simplest way to do what I want or is > there > a better way? > > Also, if I want to share my printer between the two machines, in you > guys' experience is it better/simpler to hang the printer off the > Windows box or the Linux box? > > Thanks, > Lee > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
