There are a number of ways to go on this. To accomplish this you need Network Address Translation (NAT) which lets you have several computers using your one IP address. You could have your computer be that firewall and let it route traffic to your other computers. It is however a very bad idea from a security standpoint. Any flaws in your computer would become a hole that can be used to break in to all of your computers. You should have a seperate device or computer acting as a wall against hackers (firewall). If a computer, it should not be used as a desktop computer. The good part is you can use a 486 and happily feed a T1 connection (1.5MBit vs 50KBit on a modem). It could also act as a router and be your gateway to the Internet. Then behind this you have all your computers. Now you can have a lowered security level than that of your firewall, which means higher usability. The firewall/router solution can be a device you pick up at CompUsa, I prefer using computers because I can program it exactly to fit my needs. For example www.freesco.org has a floppy solution which is pretty good. All it requires is two network cards, and a floppy drive. Will work on 486 with 8MB RAM. My ideal solution is OpenBSD. Here you have an OS that have not had any breakin in five years on their default install. Every line of code is audited for holes and flaws. OpenSSH is developed by the same people. Using Linux for this is also workable but I prefer to use the best tool for the job. If I catch it in time I would be happy to give you more help. On Saturday 01 June 2002 11:34, you wrote:
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Anyone knows in which way is possible to share the internet connection (modem) through a Suse 8.0?. I check through Yast but I didn't find any option.
Thank you, Federico
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