linux4all
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Posted: May 01 2007,22:28 |
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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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