On 7/5/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 7/5/07, Dave Ihnat <dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a cable-based (not optic) modem/router to connect to the > > Internet (ADSL), which works fine. However, a friend comes in from > > time to time, bringing her laptop. Is there some cheap and easy way of > > letting her laptop to connect to Internet? Unfortunately, I cannot see > > any place in the modem/router to connect an extra cable... > > Sure--depends on how you've configured your LAN, though. If you're > using the Linux box as a firewall, you put a second NIC in it and either > connect her to that, or (more useful) put a switch on it so you have > more than one connection. > > If you're NOT using the Linux box as a firewall, then you absolutely > should get a firewall appliance between the cable modem and your LAN. > All of these have at least four, usually five LAN ports. Thanks, Dave. I have still no LAN (as far as I am aware of it); I only have a single computer and a modem to connect to the Internet. What do you mean by NIC? How can I know whether I have already got NICs in my computer? Paul
Go here first: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm. Come back to the list after you have read this and/or other similar materials.
