no no i just want to to share my interenet with the other computer and still use ubuntu for regular stuff. <div>On 7/2/05, Ed Fletcher <<a href="mailto:ed@fletcher.ca"> ed@fletcher.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carl Karsten wrote: | Mustafa Abbasi wrote: | |> my ubuntu machine connects directly to internet via a cable modem. |> i wanted to share my connection wth the other computer in the house. |> one is an xbox and one is a windows xp machine. |> in winxp i just enable internet coneection sharing. |> how do i do it here. |> | | heh - I am asking the same thing, so watch for replies to "2nd nic for | nat" posted about 12 hours ago. | | hopfully someone replies to one of us. | | Carl K | This is a task that is relatively easy to do and the question has been answered already in another post. However, I just wanted to point out that what you are intending to make is (by default) a firewall; but one that will also be usable as a regular desktop computer. This is not a good idea. A firewall should have no services running except for what is needed for it's prime role of making the internal network secure from attacks. Running anything else gives an attacker more ways to break in. There are many Linux distributions that are dedicated to making a stand alone firewall. Many boot from a floppy and don't require a hard disk. ~ They run quite well on obsolete hardware that is pretty much useless for any other application. Do a quick search on Google, Freshmeat and SourceForge for floppy firewalls and you will get all kinds of hits. HTH, Ed - -- Ed Fletcher <a href="mailto:ed@fletcher.ca">ed@fletcher.ca</a> What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org"> http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a> iD8DBQFCxaGqlTbGAQhc1A8RAp2aAJ9R1q1PRTadieGquOsDMwIkLMM+vACfbNU7 oA71U1ez3y/vd1n0tfikhok= =u5Pq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>