[thechat] networking fun and a stupid question

[Tony Crockford]

>Yup! Win types can fill in the how-to gaps. In New Zealand it's
>cheaper to have an ADSL line + phone than to have two phone lines.
>Even the traffic charges for ADSL tend to work out cheaper than the
>charge-per-minute dial-up costs for most people. Some ADSL modems
>even come with a built in hub or switch, so it's a win-win
>situation.
>I don't know what the charges are like in your area, but
>since you've
>wired the house this might be a good time to look into getting a
>dedicated connection.

Once you have the machines talking to each other this is what you
need:

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm

A proxy server to allow any machine access to the net, via the one
main machine, which has to be connected of course.

This is a lot easier to set up than Windows internet sharing.

HTH