"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.
Routers are the key to heaven these days no matter what OS you're running.
Paul Abrahams
Paul, I originally posted the question and I'm here to tell you that XP ICS has faultlessly delivered internet access to five other Windows boxes for over a year. With Windows, adding another box is as simple as giving it the gateway address 192.168.0.1 period. If Linux desktops are going to replace Windows desktops they need to be just as easy to configure, and my goal is to find out how to do that correctly. BTW, XP ICS can use two NICs or one NIC and a dialup modem or one NIC and a USB connection to a cable/DSL modem. Now tell me why I need a $50 router to fix something that isn't broken? ;) Chris