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Matrix Mole wrote:
>
> Because I have a winmodem, I can't use my linux box as my 
> connection to the internet. For this reason, I've got to 
> surf from windows. I would like to be capable of using my 
> linux machine to access the internet though. 

So, you need to configure Windows to route TCP/IP traffic
from the Linux machine to the internet.  

> I wouldl ike to be capable of using ftp and telnet from 
> linux to the internet. 

I know how to do this with a Linux machine as the router,
but I haven't a clue how to do it in Windows (or even whether 
it is possible in Windows).

> Since I only have the command line version of these programs
> in linux, I can't configure them to route through a proxy 
> server. 

Have you tried using links?  It can use a proxy server (ESC-S-N).
Links does ftp downloads and (I believe) it can be used to start
a telnet session.

> Is there any other method of performing modem sharing without 
> having to configure programs to filter trhough a proxy server?

There certainly is when you use Linux as the router, but with
Windows, who knows?

Cheers,
Steven