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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > How do you recommend sharing an internet connection
> > between two or more computers, besides serial telnet?
>
> Serial terminal (via a DOS or Linux term program).
We did this with telnet and will try with sshd some day after finding a 
long serial cable extension.

> Xterminal (via local TCP/IP).
> IP-masking firewall (gateway to internet for local TCP/IP).
>
> If the computer with the internet connection is
> much more powerful than the others, I would
> recommend Xterminal.  If the computer with the
> internet connection is less powerful, IP-masking
> firewall is better.

We don't need X, but how does Xterminal work and did you try it in BL?
Is a 100MHz laptop powerful enough (we have a PCMCIA wireless card)?

How do we set up IP-masking firewall?

I presume crossover network cable from the wireless-connected computer to 
the other computer (or use a hub if several).

> Cheers,
> Steven

If we network with a Windows laptop for which we have the wireless card 
driver, can we run a linux browser?  If so, how?

Sindi