That would have been my suggestion. then you can network any number of things easily this might take some configuration work however. For example make sure your on the same subnet but make your windows machine is .x.5 and the router .x.1 and when you set DHCP to only give out IP's from .x.10 and higher this will help solve possible IP conflicts. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > hey... I think it will work. I just need to share the connection with my > router! > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >> lovely..... I d/l the ruby tar ball on M$and upack in ubuntu to compile it >> on my own. I then find out that "By default, Ubuntu does not come with the >> tools required [to compile programs]." It goes on to say that I need to >> apt-get a package to enable it.  Well shoot! >> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>> does anyone know how to get the Linux box to talk to the network? >>> practicallynetworked only has to do with sharing the connection between >>> windows boxes..... or should it automagically do it? >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Stephen wrote: >>>> >>>> Here is something to look at then, use windows to share its connection >>>> to yoru ubuntu box? >>>> >>>> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/ >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Michael Havens >>>> wrote: >>>> > I am 'sharing' someones unsecure wireless account. I do not have a >>>> > wireless >>>> > card for ubuntu but rather just a router from when I could afford >>>> > internet. >>>> > Now I am on disability and all I can do is beg and plead for mercy! I >>>> > am to >>>> > afraid to put the hackware on the router for fear of turning it into a >>>> > brick >>>> > and my insecurity of not ever doing anything like that before. I think >>>> > that >>>> > what one would do is connect the either net cable up and copy the >>>> > program >>>> > onto it but from what I read it is much more complicated than that. >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >> > Okay. The majority of the noise out there  is telling me to learn >>>> >> > Ruby; >>>> >> > therefore, Ruby is what shall be learned! My next question is how >>>> >> > should >>>> >> > I install it seeing as how I do not have internet access from the >>>> >> > ubuntu >>>> >> > box but I do have it from the windows computer? >>>> >> >>>> >> How is it that you have internet on windoze but not ubuntu? >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> -Eric 'shubes' >>>> >> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> > >>>> > --------------------------------------------------- >>>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss