Re: network a gs to Linux?

[Michael Wicklund <tbogard1@MYhome.com>]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 15:27:27 GMT, Michael Wicklund
> <tbogard1@MYhome.com> wrote:
> 
> >You think it's possible to hook up a cable modem to the Apple IIgs using
> >LocalTalk to Ethernet adapters?
> 
> With some cable modem providers it might be possible if they assign
> you a static IP address but even then I'm not 100% sure.
> 
> My cable modem provider, Shaw@Home, uses DHCP for generating a dynamic
> IP address when you connect and there is currently no DHCP client
> software for the Apple IIgs so use these cable modem services
> directly.  The only way to handle this situation is to network the
> IIgs to another computer that will act as a gateway to the cable
> modem's internet connection.  There are several different ways of
> doing this.
> 
> Eventually I'll be getting another PC compatible that I'll be setting
> up as a Linux box to act as the gateway through my cable modem for the
> rest of the computers I have set up.
> 
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My ISP, Cox@Home uses static IP in some areas (I'm living in one area 
:-)  ).  BTW, Alltech is selling cheap 486 SX25s for $25.  I'm thinking
about using it as a router for my computers at home (including the GS).

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