On Friday 27 February 2004 11:49, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
On Friday 27 February 2004 7:35 am, Malke Routh wrote:
Hi, Alejo. This is the part where I tell you that Windows ICS sucks and is nasty even with just Windows boxen. This is the part where I tell you to get an inexpensive (<$50usd) router instead or put the Linux box as the gateway. ICS just isn't very good, even with an all-Windows situation.
I'll second that. ICS requires a box with two ethernet cards, which in itself can be tricky to configure whether in Linux or Windows.
Say what??? Its drop dead simple to get suse to handle two nics! You can even select this option in Yast while installing and it will set up dhcp server on the inside nic for you and set up the routing too...
Routers are the key to heaven these days no matter what OS you're running.
Well at under $40 for router boxes, I have to agree with the above. Unbox, Plug in, Surf!! OTOH, when a bug is discovered in these that lets crackers in, you will be the last to know. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen