desperately need help

li1_getoo · l33t Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 661 Location: Queens , NY

i have a desktop connected to the internet using a USB cable modem that has a nic (3com) and got a separate laptop with a nic(3com) bought a 'cat5' so i can connect them (LAN)

if anybody has few minutes to tell me how to do this , and be albe to surf the we with the 2 of them on the same time , that would be great , and i thank u for it
i tried all day and i cant do it unless someone tells me or gives me examples that are easy to understand
i read man's googled like crazy no luck

p.s. arrogant comments are welcomed , if thats the best u can do

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

Two things you can do.

1. buy another nic for the desktop and set it up so that the laptop runs through the desktop
2. buy a switch and plug them both into the switch and the switch into the modem

I would recommend 2 you can get some good switches (preferably hubs) which come with firewalls from linksys. Best of all linksys products run linux joy :)

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

if that was confusing you might google home networking tutorial and see what you get but if you get the right hardware there wont be much to do but plug everything in the right places

li1_getoo · l33t Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 661 Location: Queens , NY

so u guys are saying is not possible to get it online this way ??

henke · Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: desperately need help

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

If that is the case and you do have an additional network card in the desktop then you bought the wrong kind of cable. Regular ethernet cable will not work. For machine to machine connections you need a crossover cable (if I remember the term correctly) basically two of the wires are switched.

li1_getoo · l33t Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 661 Location: Queens , NY

no i am not using a regular cable but a "cross over" cable cat5
actually i wanna be able to surf teh web with both computers ,
but i said if i am able to nfs then surfing would be a lot easier

i did tried several ways to make it work but no luck

and if there was a how to on gentoo's website i would not be asking

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

The forums arent really the place for this.
The first result when I google for linux bridge is

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Bridge+Firewall.html

That should be a decent place to start unless you have more specific problems there isnt much anyone can do to help.

Spacemage · n00b Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 26 Location: Germany

You may want to check this:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/