[LUGSB] Home networking problem

[Sumit Taraphdar]

I figured it out trying different options in manually configuring IP
address, subnet mask, etc. Now I have internet plus networking between both
the comps.


On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:56 AM, Ilya Sukhanov (dotCOMmie) <
lugsb at sukhanov.net> wrote:

> Chris Wright wrote:
>
>> 2008/11/29 Sumit Taraphdar <sumit.taraphdar at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> I have a spare ethernet(NIC) card lying around.
>>> How do I go about it?
>>> Will it be as simple as connecting them "Cable Modem-->Computer
>>> #1-->Computer #2" ? Or are there any configuring involved?
>>>
>>
>> Configuration. I'm not sure what's involved -- probably iptables, and
>> that takes (as far as I'm concerned) a relatively long series of
>> arcane commands.
>>
>
> Its called IP/network Masquerade. Plenty of guides on the subject. In fact
> debian has a package called ipmasq which helps you with routing rules and
> stuff.
> Its been to long since I've done any of this myself, but I just wanted to
> point
> you in the right direction.
>
> good luck
>
>
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