> From: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Internet isn't accessible after update > To: David Ganger <dganger@xxxxxxxxxxx> > On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 10:06:44PM -0500, David Ganger wrote: > > Yes the internet did work before i used the up2date feature, It had windows > > me and i wiped that off the hard drive and installed Fedora Core 3. My > > internet connection comes into my xp machine and then is shared to all the > > other computers. So I have two nic cards one is hooked up to the cable > > modem, and the other is sent to the router, and that card is shared so > > others can access it. I hope that helps my friend helped me set it up so i > > am not totally sure of all the lingo or how much more you need to know, > > Thanks for the help. > > Dave > Well call me crazy but depending on the number of machines we are > talking about something seems backwards to me. In most cases you would > connect the router to the cable modem and all the rest of your > machines are connected to the router. Routers are designed to be > routers. You are using your XP machine as a router and XP is not > normally designed to be a router, so I assume some extra software or You're not crazy. But that being said, XP does have a wizard that will bridge two NICs and enable Windows Firewall on an XP box. You get here just by choosing to set up a network. As I recall, the prompts in the wizard indicate that this is the only proper way to set up a network. Using the wizard, there's no choice that lets you simply connect the XP box to a router. If you are setting up a second NIC or trying to fix a problem, it's easy to get this done by accident. Erik > configuration is required. All that is unnecessary. At home I have dsl > (but others are doing the same with cable modem service) The dsl goes > to a modem router box (but these boxes could be separate) and two > other machines are connected physically to the router. The router is > also capable of wireless routing so a third machine (running XP by > the way) gets its internet through a wireless card. > That is the way I would configure your system.
