Re: Networking

[Will Newton <nospam [at] south-of-heaven.demon.co.uk>]

> If you never plan on getting more than 5 PC's connected, and cannot find
> cheap/free thinnet then go for a 5port hub and UTP as Robert suggests.
> Otherwise go thinnet as I've always done. I've had a number of Home networks
> and have always enjoyed the various networking fun available. Linux's
> masqurading is extremely useful.

Here's my situation, I was wondering if anyone could put forward a simple
solution:

2 PCs running Windows.
1 machine (mine of course :) that runs Linux/Win98 dual boot (GTA2
purposes)
(All on a 10baseT network)

1 phone line with free net access

I would like to be able to get pppd running on demand from my box when
someone tries to access the net. All the machines have 192.168.* IPs, and
pppd is on dynamic IP.
What's the best way to get my machine to route packets between the modem
and the private network IPs?

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