Windows Internet Connection Sharing

Tom Achtenberg plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:09:41 -0700


I got a D-Link 4 way KVM from outpost.com for $89 not too long ago.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Odhner" <vodhner@cox.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: Windows Internet Connection Sharing


alandd@mindspring.com wrote:
> My suggestion is to avoid the entire issue and
> setup a 486 without a hard drive running a
> floppy distro as a firewall/NAT box.

Thanks, Alan.

Two boxes will have to be my limit.

The problem is that I don't have the time or
the space to set up and maintain YET another
box, another keyboard, another monitor ...
I'm a programmer, not a sysadmin.

And I have zero budget for added toys:
a three-way KVM switch, with cables, would
cost me $150 or so as far as I can determine.

My Debian box is a Pentium 166, so
it would not be a bad candidate as
my front end, but then I'd risk losing
my network connection any time I was
tinkering with the Debian box.
The Windows box is static (I doubt I'll
ever move beyond Win98), so it should
be a good portal if that will work.

You can spend your life on this kind
of thing and never get around to
developing software ...

Vic
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