> >>I am having an Irish Broadband 'Breeze' 1Gb connection installed today.
> >>The output from the system has one ethernet connector. Can anyone
> >>suggest a simple way of allowing 2 laptops access to this connection?
I'd set up a linux box as a router and firewall and use it as the
internet gateway on both laptops. An old 486 would be sufficient for
this but I'm sure you can pick up something a little more substantial
from a generous ILUG member. How you connect the laptops to the linux
box is then up to you (crossover cables/wlan/hub/switch). Bare in mind
that your connection to the router may end up being a speed gating
factor. If you go the wireless route you can leave your linux router
on in a press at home and have house-wide access. For help configuring
NAT/IP-Masquerading go to
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ It's quite indepth.
Regards,
Stephen
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