Jim wrote regarding '[SLE] Networking question' on Thu, Aug 19 at 19:38:
I'm planning on an extended visit to the UK to look for a job (that I can't seem to find in the US). The family I will be staying with has AOL/DSL with a Voyager 105 USB connection. They say they can network to other computers. I don't know a thing about USB modems, or connecting through an XP box. Is it as simple as putting in a network card and setting the gateway?
You've got a 20 year old cat? Hey - the other person commented on stuff from your website... Anyway, you can connect through the XP box if they turn on the internet connection sharing. You may have to manually configure the IP and gateway, etc, but that's about it. XP's sharing does work for web and email, which is probably most of what you want to do. You may have problems forwarding your H.323 and weird network game connections through, but otherwise passive ftp, http, ssh, and other sane protocols will work fine. :) --Danny