Home p2p network, need help

[Leandro Melo]

When i said this:

My home network has worked for more than one year

I really meant this:

My home network has worked for more than one year with two windows xp o.s.


On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:37:05 -0200, Leandro Melo <ltcmelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes.
> Here's the point. I have to o.s. in the "server" pc, windows xp and fedora.
> My home network has worked for more than one year. Now, i decided to
> install fedora in my computer (as i said). So the physical stuff is
> all set.
> I just want the windows xp "see" my fedora core (just like when i have
> the two windows running).
> When i did this with xp, everything was very click. The xp wizards
> guided me throught the whole process.
> I don't expect such a thing in fedora (naturally), but i'd just like a
> simple way to make this p2p net to work.
> There must be a tutorial os something for doing this, probably about
> 10 million people have already done this at home.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:27:23 -0600, David Hoffman
> <dhoffman2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:17:16 -0200, Leandro Melo <ltcmelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > > I want to share an internet connection between my computers. I don't
> > > have a hub, so it's just a p2p network (just an ethernet cable).
> > > The computer that hosts the connection runs Fedora and the one i want
> > > to share the connection with runs windows xp.
> > > Can anyone suggest a guide or tutorial for doing this? Will i have to
> > > use samba for that?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Leandro
> > >
> >
> > You are saying you want to share an INTERNET connection between the
> > two. So the assumption is that you mean to connect your Fedora machine
> > to the internet and want your XP machine to be able to use that
> > connection. If that is the case, then you probably want to have two
> > NIC cards in the Fedora machine, one for the network connection to the
> > net (unless you are doing dialup) and another for a different network
> > segment to the XP machine.
> >
> > I would suggest googling for How-To information on NAT and IP Masquerading.
> >
> > David
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > There are only 10 kinds of people in this world,
> > those who understand binary, and those who don't.
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Leandro
> 


-- 
Leandro