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Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP




----- Original Message ----- From: "Björn Johansson" <bjorn.johansson@4a-consulting.com>
To: "John Fleming" <john@wa9als.com>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP


At 13:59 2005-07-10, you wrote:
The PC has 2 network cards. The first one is connected to an ethernet ADSL
modem. The second network card is connected to a 100Mbit switch which is
connected to my Powerbook.

I now have a working connection between these 2 computers, I have succesfully
transferred files by ftp, but this is only in the local network. So...
Any suggestions?

Both the PC and the Mac has a static IP address which is used in the local
network. My connection to the internet, there I
get an automatic IP address from
my ISP.


What does ipconfig say? I would edit your /etc/network/interfaces to get a dynamic IP from your XP machine and list the XP's IP as the gateway and you should be done. I guess it should work with a fixed IP as well if you have the gateway right. If you don't get it working easily, send the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file. - John


Well. I have reconfigured the system as you said.
But the Powerbook can't identify the ADSL modem.
It ONLY works with the PC. Perhaps I should have
said that from the beginning, oops. :-(
But now I know how to do it if I buy another
modem, which I can't do right now btw.
Any suggestion about a good ADSL modem(minimum 8Mbit) which works with Linux?
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You don't need "a DSL modem that works with Linux". If the DSL modem works with WIN XP on the Powerbook, you should be able to share that connection. You said the Powerbook has 2 NICs - one to the modem and one to a hub/router. Anything (Linux, Windows, ?) that you plug into the router should be on the Internet. The things that you connect to the router don't have to know anything specific to your DSL modem. - John P.S. You still didn't send your /etc/network/interfaces info...


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