Networking :: how do I set up a home network?



Ah, ok.. and thanks for the link.

When I tried setting up a home network, I chose the thing where other computers connect to the internet through this one, clicked next, and it said:

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Other computers cannot connect to the Internet through this computer.

In addition to its Internet connection, this computer must have a connection to your network.


I've already set up a home network.. with the computer name, workgroup name, and whatever else.. just don't have anything passed that done... so I'm totally confused.

According to what it told me, I have to be connected to the network.. but I thought I was still trying to set it up.. so.. I'm lost. :/
I just tried the System Stats -> Boot thing, and I don't see anything that looks like it'd have anything to do with a modem.. this's all it said:

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auto
BOOT_IMAGE=Linux
ro
root=301
hda=scsi
hdb=scsi
hdc=scsi
hdd=scsi
hde=scsi
hdf=scsi
hdg=scsi
hdh=scsi
apm=power-off
nomce
noapic


What does that mean?.. like.. what should I do to set up the modem, or whatever?
Oh... Maybe modems aren't counted as network in XP.. Then try that incoming connections thingy with the modem...

System stats - boot messages or something, shows the messages from the kernel, like:
[4] Linux kernel 2.4.26 booting
[7] 20200 symbols loaded from System.map
....
this link has all of the info you will ever need on home networking, and connection sharing.

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

enjoy!
Hi, unh0ly_freak,
OK.... here's the thing... In order to share an internet connection on a Windows  machine, you must have two network interfaces on the computer that has access to the internet, and at least one network interface on the computer that you want to grant sharing to.

From your posts, it sounds like your cable modem has two types of interfaces for connecting it to your computer... One ethernet interface, and one USB interface.

If your linux computer also has an ethernet interface, then you are all set.... all you need is a long Cat5E ethernet crossover cable... long enough to reach from one computer to the other. You can use google to find out what a Cat5E ethernet crossover cable is, and how to make one.

You will need to set up your Windows computer so that it connects to your Cable modem (and thus, to the internet) via the USB interface. Once that is done, you will have the ethernet interface free for use on your local network, and you should be able to follow the wizards in Windoze share the internet connection.

I'm going to guess that if all you want out of your network is to share the internet connection, you won't have to load and configure Samba.

I'm leaving out a lot of details here, but between the help files on Windows, and the guru's available to help you with Damn Small Linux, you should be able to get both a local network going, and also a shared internet connection.

Dickey B.
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