Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX

[Richard Cobbe <cobbe@directlink.net>]

Lo, on Monday, January 1, Cameron Matheson did write:

> Hey,
> 
> My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection,
> which I have lusted after for many months.  Anyway, I can't steal the
> modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to share a window's
> internet with a linux box?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cameron Matheson

Yes.  Some questions, though, before I can describe the process (or even
point you to the appropriate documentation):

1) Is the DSL modem external and connected to the windows machine through a
   standard Ethernet cable (like mine)?  Or is it a PCI card in the Windows
   machine?

2) How many IP addresses did your ISP allocate you?  One, or more than one?
   (If you've only got one, ignore question 3.)

3) How concerned are you with security for the windows machine?  In other
   words, do you want to use the Linux system to prevent certain types of
   network packets from ever reaching the Windows machine?

Richard