[wplug] how to network two computers

[Nate Sharadin]

I've used it with wired ethernet. It works great.

Nate

--On Friday, May 09, 2003 9:23 AM -0400 Scott Bourns 
<scott at scottbourns.com> wrote:r

> OS X, or at least 10.2 has an internet connection sharing method, as well,
> if that works for you. It reads as though you might be wanting to go
> Linux-only.
>
> If this works for you, you can find it in System Preferences: Sharing:
> Internet.
>
> I've only used it for Airport connections, but it's also supposed to work
> for wired Ethernet.
>
> GL,
>
> Scott
>
> On 5/8/03 5:27 PM, "Paul G Cantalupo" <lupey+ at pitt.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to network my two computers at home using Linux. One of them
>> is a Mac G3 Power Book running OS X (soon to be partitioned and running
>> Linux) and a HP 4450 (no network card) that runs Slackware.  Currently, I
>> connect to the Internet by 56kbps dialup (ugh!) with the 4450. So, what
>> do I need to do to get both of them talking to each other and connected
>> to the web at the same time? Can a dialup line be shared? Do I have to
>> buy a network card for my HP? If so, do they make hubs/switches that use
>> a phone line as the uplink?
>>
>> Can anybody suggest documentation that I should read to get started?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Paul
>>
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