> I have my Mac etherneted to my PC. I'd like to be able to surf or send mail
> from the Mac via the PC's dialup connection so that I'll be able to take
> advantage of the cable modem that's soon to be installed on my PC along with
> wireless Internet service. All the tech support guy at the ISP I use for my
> PC dialup could tell me was that I needed to set up a proxy server on the
> PC, but he couldn't (or wouldn't) tell me how to do it. Naturally, it's not
> mentioned in my Win98 instruction book.

   Get most any Linux distribution.  Most now come with Squid, a very good
proxy server.  And also with the Apache web server, etc.  Total cost,
depends on where you buy it, but probably under $50. See
http://www.redhat.com/ http://www.suse.com/ http://www.linuxcare.com etc.

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