Internet Sharing

[Orangemon1]

What's the best software based solution for internet sharing? I need the extra conections to be hide. I am using interent connection sharing now but having some connectivity problems. Unless to get to webpages one second and then the next I can.

[craigmodius]

You might wat to look into <a href="http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm" target="_blank">Proxy</a> from AnalogX. It's free, and it's pretty straight forward. Just make sure you read the readme file so you know the configuration, and you're good to go.

Your other machines will be essentially hidden to the internet as all requests are through the Proxy.

good luck~

[mrwilhelm]

Sorry to steer this thread slightly askew, but my question is related, so I decided it was better than starting a seperate one:

I have a 3 machine (2 Win2K, 1 XP) Linksys Phoneline based network that is currently bound to a dial-up modem for my ICS. At the end of this month I'll be switching to DSL as it's finally available in my area. Since the DSL will be utilizing a standard 10/100 NIC I'm not entirely clear if this is going to cause a problem. Anyone know how (or if) this is going to work?

Thanks...

[Todo]

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posted May 12, 2002 08:24 PM
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Sorry to steer this thread slightly askew, but my question is related, so I decided it was better than starting a seperate one:

I have a 3 machine (2 Win2K, 1 XP) Linksys Phoneline based network that is currently bound to a dial-up modem for my ICS. At the end of this month I'll be switching to DSL as it's finally available in my area. Since the DSL will be utilizing a standard 10/100 NIC I'm not entirely clear if this is going to cause a problem. Anyone know how (or if) this is going to work?

Thanks...
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well since your switching to DSL and want to share internet connection, I would recommend buying a cable/dsl router. It will share the connection and act as a firewall. It will cost around $100 or so. Netgear, linksys are some to look at.

[viking]

Sorry to steer this thread slightly askew, but my question is related, so I decided it was better than starting a seperate one:

I have a 3 machine (2 Win2K, 1 XP) Linksys Phoneline based network that is currently bound to a dial-up modem for my ICS. At the end of this month I'll be switching to DSL as it's finally available in my area. Since the DSL will be utilizing a standard 10/100 NIC I'm not entirely clear if this is going to cause a problem. Anyone know how (or if) this is going to work?

Thanks...

-When purchasing your DSL modem, make sure your ISP supports the brand. Some ISP's may require you buy their modem, but double check and see if you can get a cheaper one to work; their's will very likely be more expensive.

[Computer Tech NE]

If you have an old computer that isn't being used, you can install smoothwall on it. It's free and works excellent. <a href="http://www.smoothwall.org" target="_blank">www.smoothwall.org</a>

[EvilCabbage]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Computer Tech NE:
<strong>If you have an old computer that isn't being used, you can install smoothwall on it. It's free and works excellent. <a href="http://www.smoothwall.org" target="_blank">www.smoothwall.org</a></strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">e-smith is another good one. <a href="http://www.esmith.org" target="_blank">www.e-smith.org</a>

[kato]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Computer Tech NE:
<strong>If you have an old computer that isn't being used, you can install smoothwall on it. It's free and works excellent. <a href="http://www.smoothwall.org" target="_blank">www.smoothwall.org</a></strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I second that! I've got a p100 set up in the closet with smoothwall installed. It routes all my cable modem traffic. Assigns IP's through DHCP. I can port forward etc. It's great and super easy to install!