Re: sharing internet between WINDOZE and LINUX
Several methods of sharing a DSL connection are outlined at
http://sympaticousers.org/menu/nav.htm
All assume an external DSL modem.
Note that some DSL modems (notably the Nortel and Alcatel) support more than
one MAC address, so if you get a hub, plug in the two computers and the
modem, both machines can use the modem.
In the latter case, if your ISP uses straight DHCP as opposed to a PPPoE
connection (as, unfortunately, more and more ISP's are using for DSL
connections), then you can just set up your linux box to connect to a DHCP
server, and off you go. If you need to use PPPoE, there are several
solutions out there, the easiest is probably from Roaring Penguin,
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/.
The Linux 2.4 kernel has direct support for PPPoE.
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