Internet sharing with linux and win98 machines

[Wu, Hu-Hwa]

Since the DHCP topic has been well explained by the GLLUG.  
I'll just pose some security issues to you.
Cable modems are a fast connection to the Internet.  
It is also a fast connection to you from the outside. 
Since you stated that you know nothing about networking 
then might I suggest you test your connection after you get everything
installed.
For a simple scan of your Windows Machines go to http://www.grc.com run
"shields up"
or for a more comprehensive intense scan go to http://www.hackerwhacker.com
If you find yourself with a Linux machine open to the public 
a nice piece of software that will help you lock your Linux machine down is
at http://www.bastille-linux.org
Bastille-1.1.0.tgz will setup your local security and also setup an ipchain
rules to allow traffic coming from the internal network ( Windows
95/98/NT/2000/ME ) out and also DENY/REJECT outside traffic from coming in.

|----------|      |-----|      |--------|
|Windows 98| <--> |Linux| <--> |Internet|
|----------|      |-----|      |--------|  

Regards

-Hu



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Chorman [mailto:chormand@pilot.msu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 2:22 PM
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Internet sharing with linux and win98 machines
> 
> 
> Hi,
>         I am going to get the AT&T@Home service installed 
> this weekend.
> I have 2 machines on my apartment, one has RH 6.0 and the 
> other machine
> is running win98. I know absolutely zip about networking.  A 
> person who
> works at MSU said that I could set up my linux box as a DHCP 
> server. He
> said I could hook the modem up to the linux box, and then network the
> two PC's. I think that the @Home service assigns its users static IP
> addresses. Will connecting through a DHCP server (My linux 
> box) make my
> Win98 machine more secure( change it's IP too?)?  I was 
> pretty much lost
> when he told me this stuff. Could you folks enlighten me about what he
> was talking about? Any clues would be great! Thanks,
> Don Chorman
> 
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