[ale] Dude, I got no Cable !!

[da Black Baron]

On Friday 15 August 2003 11:41 pm, Debrihmi wrote:
> Hi-ya!
>
> I just got a Dell Insperon 5100 notebook (very nice) but when I connect it
> to the cable modem the notebook sees the connection but doesn't use it..

My solution would be to either get a dedicated router to put between your 
cable modem and your home computers, or get another network card for your 
linux box and either plug your laptop directly into it (could be a pain) or 
add a hub to your purchase and connect your laptop to it when you need to.

It's very easy to set up IPmasq, and IPtables, and you can either give your XP 
laptop a static IP on the resultant lan or turn on DHCP on your linux box 
(also easy as hell).  

In either of those scenarios, you're not dependant on the cable modem having 
to lose it's current connection, then re-connect.  It just chugs along doing 
what it's been doing all along- plus your linux box stays connected when your 
laptop is brought into the loop...

Just my thoughts...  :-) 

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