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Dear Marcia, You should consider getting a SMC Barracade Broadband router/firewall. It takes the initial connection to your broadband device and acts as a router/switch to any ethernet PCs connected to it. The Barracade handles whatever is needed to logon and authenticate yourself to the ISP, acts as a good H/W firewall, and is just like a switch/hub for all PCs connected downstream from it. You talk to/control it via your browser, thru a webpage it 'hosts' in its 'guts'. I started out in DSL just like you, but since getting the SMC Barracade I would hate to go back. Let us know what you do ............PeterB p.s. there are several bands that work just as well On Wednesday 12 March 2003 01:55 pm, Marcia wrote:
Dear All,
I am an extreme newbie about networking, however, I think I may be getting somewhere.
The major problem I have left at this time is that I cannot use the internet at the same time on my 2 networked computers. I have Suse8 pro on my Linux desktop and it is my server using Samba and Shorewall. I access the internet through a cable modem. My laptop is connected through the second nic on my desktop with a crossover cable and I am using Windows 2000 on my laptop. I have Linux (Suse8)on the laptop , also, and wanted to originally use it but could not get my ethernet recognized for some reason. I can see and open my Linux files on my Windows 2000 and using LinNeighborhood I can see and open my Windows 2000 files on my Linux Desktop. I am thrilled about that. I used Swat and Samba through Webmin to set this up.
Now, I am attempting to do internet sharing using Shorewall. I have succeeded somewhat because I can now use the internet on my laptop when I start the Shorewall firewall, but then I cannot use the internet on my desktop. When I stop the firewall then I no longer can use the internet on the laptop but I can use it on my Desktop. Of course, I want to be able to use the internet on both at the same time when shorewall is running. I know this is a simple configuration problem with shorewall and I have been studying and experimenting but still no luck. Could anyone help me with this problem?
Any help and/or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Marcia
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