Re: pointer for home networking
On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 22:23 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 06:18:15PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > Michael writes:
> > > I don't want to fork out dosh for a modem/router.
> >
> > The "router" can be an old junker pc running Linux.
>
> It can even be one of your two PC's, as long as you're willing to dedicate
> it to Linux. And you'd have to put an ethernet card on it for your
> local net, in addition to what you've got to talk to the rest of the world.
Yes, yes, yes. This is what I am talking about! I was being too general
before I guess in order not to restrict ideas...
> Then you can set up that PC as a masquerading router. Look for the
> HOWTO on IP Masquerading.
okay, i'll chase that up. (I was hoping there would be a "how to turn
you Debian PC into a router and connect it to other machines on your
home LAN"!)
ta, Michael
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