[LUGSB] Home networking problem

[Ilya Sukhanov (dotCOMmie)]

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