networking newbie

jpero(a)pop.cgocable.net wrote: The difficulty is that you're using the Win95 machine as your router/bridge, and Win95 is not the best choice for providing this kind of service. I know there are products out there that should do it, but I've never had real cause to research them and I don't know what there is in freeware. If the machine with the cablemodem and reqular network card was running Linux, it would be a piece of cake, there have been excellent articles in Linux Journal and several HOWTOs on just that subject. Hopefully, within not too many weeks I'll be able to give precise step-by-step instructions, whenever cablemodem service reaches my neighborhood. (Admittedly, when the cablemodem is installed by Comcast, they'll set it up on the rarely-booted Win95 partition of this system, because that's all they know how to do, then I set up Linux networking and routing on my own -- I foresee little difficulty). Then (to keep classic computers involved), it will be possible for authorised guests to telnet into my Linux box and reach serial login to an old Tandy 6000 and an AT&T Unix PC or two and perhaps a Color Computer 3 running OS-9 Level II. -- Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/> WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms can be hazardous to your health -- and get away with it.