Connecting 2 computers to the internet

[Ryan]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 6/25/05, Bob Gustafson <bobgus at rcn.com> wrote:
> 
>>If you are interested in cheap cheap, get another NIC for one of your
>>computers (I have seen them for $9.95) and configure that one as a firewall
>>- passing on packets to your other computer attached to the new NIC. You
>>can use a crossover cable to directly connect the NICs in the two
>>computers, thus avoiding the cost of a HUB.
>>
> 
> 
> Thanks, that's exactly what I'm trying to do. The FC4 box has an
> onboard network connection (going to the winXP box with a crossover
> cable) and a NIC going to the modem. I got a little stuck on
> configuring the FC4 box because I wanted it to be the middle man. But
> it looks as if I'm going to have to do it with the winXP box because I
> can't get the winXP box online through the Fedora box. Tomorrow I'll
> put the spare NIC in the winXP box and try it as the middle man.
> 
> If anybody on-list has gotten this to work successfully, then PLEASE
> share your setup with me! IPtables scripts a must!!! I don't want the
> winXP box as the middle man because I don't want to turn it on all the
> time...
> 
> Dotan
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