All versions of Win98SE can do it, not only those with it preinstalled, Its simply a matter of add/remove programs, Internet tools, and add Internet connection sharing, Very similar to ipmasq in setting up the client machine, and it uses dhcp.
Regards Peter Good. -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cormac McGuinness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Debian-User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 12:12 PM Subject: Re: 2 computers, 2 modems, 2 O/S's >A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > >> Hi >> At home my wife and I have two computers (win95 and Debian) and until >> recently had one modem. Connectng to the internet was simple, it all >> went through the Debian (potato) box. >> >> However, I have acquired at no cost another faster modem, unfortunately >> it is a WinModem.... (A US Robotics 56k Voice Win) > >If it's based on the Lucent chipset (rather than the Rockwell) there's a >very remote chance that it'll work with Linux. > >> >> What I was wondering is there anyone out there that can point me to a >> piece of Windows (Yes! I know this is the debian mailing list) software >> that can forward all my outgoing IP connections through the Winmodem >> (in the Windows machine) in as transparent a manner as possible. > >I've heard that certain versions of Win98 SE can do it, but only on >computers where Win98 SE was pre-installed. > >> I got the winmodem for free, I would like to benefit from having it. >> (especially when I need to download the latest and greatest .debs!) > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the >universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
