[techtalk] file sharing?

[Mary Gardiner]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 06:31:07PM -0700, markthegeek at canada.com wrote:
> On Wed, 25 July 2001, Mary Gardiner wrote:
> > local network. A local network without a hub involves getting an
> > appropriate? cable that is set up for
> 
> I assume that cable you are alluding to is a cross-over cable, right? I did
> that with two Windows machine's, but wasn't sure if the same methods
> applied.

Yeah it's the same thing.

I can't make them is all, I've never had to put the ends on an ethernet cable.

> I am not. I can use the connection with only one computer at a time. That
> was a horrible mistranslation from my brain to the keyboard. I clarified
> that in another of my posts to Mark (the other Mark :) ).

OK. In that case a home network could in fact be a handy thing for you - a
linux machine can be set up to forward connections (ip masquerading) between a
private network in your home and the outside world (I believe Windows can too,
but the software isn't free as far as I know). You *will* need a third network
card though - the linux machine needs two, one for the cable modem, one for
the internal network, but networked houses I've lived in have considered it
worth the investment.

Mary.

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