On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 06:21, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Ety finally convinced me to connect her WInXP box to the internet. I > don't see the need of a router, so I will just diasy chain the two > computers and the modem. > > What is preferable: Connecting the FC4 box to the router and serving > the WinXP box, or vice-versa? I intend for the main work box to be the > FC4 box, so I don't want to slow it down. Will I slow the machine down > considerably if I act as a router to the WinXP box? On the other hand, > will my internet connection be slowed down if I connect the FC4 box to > the modem via the WinXP box? > > The FC4 box is a Duron 1200mHz with 512 ram, and the WinXP box is a P4 > with 256 ram. The computers are on a KVM, so work will be performed on > them one at a time, but Windows Media Player 10 is _always_ running on > the WinXP box. > > Thanks for sharing your experiences with me. The hardware router/firewalls are very cheap and easy to setup. You should be able to find a linksys, netgear, or dlink router for $50.00 or less. If you don't want to go that route then the best setup would be to use the linux box as the firewall/router. As to performance impact it all depends on how much data is being pushed through the Internet connection. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx You will remember something that you should not have forgotten.
