seting up a the kids computer to mine

[stevewabc]

This is new to me. I would like to hook up the kids computer to mine that way they can use my printers and Broadband internet with Libranet... here is some info on my system:

I have a RCA broadband cable box that has USB and 10/100 Ethernet. Right now I'm using the 10/100 Ethernet but I was thinking of using the USB and then hooking up the kids computer to my computer by the 10/100 link..

My computer is a dual Boot Libranet and XP the kids computer is a K6 266Mhz with XP with a PCI D-Link 10/100

1. What is the best way to do this?

2. can someone give me how to step by step?

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[endoalpha]

The no headache way is to buy a $60-$80(US) router with a built in hub. Otherwise, getting the usb port to talk to your cable modem is one headache, then getting an internal network setup with the lan cards is headache two, then getting iptables to nat everything is headache three. It can be done, and really this is what linux is the best for, however, you will have to research and read.
start here (http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Networks/Easy_Internet_Sharing.html)

[afaiq]

I did a very similar project just a couple of months ago. As endoalpha has suggested, I purchased a 4 port Linksys router (for $19.99 after rebates from Best Buy), connected my cable modem to the router and my 3 computers (2 WinMe and 1 SuSE8.2 Linux) to the router. The router set up takes about 15 minutes and it can assign IP addresses to both Win as well as Linux machines. Actually, running the ethernet cables from the computers (which happen to be in different rooms on different floors !) to the router took longer than getting everything set up. In my opinion, it is better to hook up cable modem to the router (which has a basic hardware firewall) rather than to your linux box.

After this was done, I got real adventurous and installed, configured Samba to share files and printer that were on my Linux machine and also installed a proxy server (squid and squidGaurd) to keep my kids away from all the smut sites. Samba and squid took some time to understand and configure but the initial network setup was a easy.

Good luck !

[stevewabc]

I just pick up a 4 Port Netgear Linux router and I want to have my Kids computer to be able to go in to mine and use some files and my printer I have never done this before can some please tell me how to do this this is were i'm at now...


My computer is hook up to my cable modem and the Kids computer is loading Libranet2.8, the cables are ran from the router to the computers ready to plug in and go..What are my steps from here?

[endoalpha]

-did any instructions come with the router?

[stevewabc]

Yes it says Linux/Unix system see System documention to set up.. thats it ..
:(

[afaiq]

Hook up the cable modem to the router and all your machines to the router. Most routers allow configuration from a Web browser. There will be an IP address in the manual which you can put in your browser. This will bring up the configuration screen for the router. Look up the manual for your Netgear router and configure it to assign IP addresses dynamically. There is no difference whether you are setting up the router for a Win machine or Linux.

To share files and printers you will need to use Samba.

[stevewabc]

Ok got them on line now thank you ..

How do I find and start woking with Samba I no its on this computer just cant hind it?

[afaiq]

well, depending on the distro you are using - you can probably check the rpm database with a query such as
rpm -q smb (as root)

which should return the version number if Samba was installed as an rpm and your distro uses an rpm database to track packages.

or with a command

which smb

this usually returns the full path of the executable. You can always re-install it by downloading it from.

http://www.samba.org

There is plenty of documentation on this site to install and configure it. There are also several posts on this forum that have discussion threads. The trick to getting Samba working is getting the config file right. I will post my config file when I get home tonight (dont have access to my linux box from work!)