> SNET gives you a DSL modem that isn't "in" any
> computer; it exposes a 10Base-T interface on one
side and handles the DSL connection on the
> other. To connect multiple machines, you can just
> use a hub.
Although, in my experience, you'll either need to pay
for another IP address for each aditional computer, or
set up the primary box as a proxy server that can dole
out ip addresses to the computers in the lan. (I'm
using flashcom, which gives you one permanent IP
address, additional ones are $5.00 per month.)
just doing a quick search, here's how to set up a
proxy server on a win9x lan:
http://web.mountain.net/~brandon/HOWTOS.htm
I just skimmed through this, but it looks useful.
just to make this topic use the word linux somewhere
-- i plan to configure a junky computer as a proxy
server and firewall... what level of difficulty is
this? is this a 2, 4, 8 or 16 hour task, assuming i've
got linux installed and networking working on the
computer?
tia.
v
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