Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:14:55 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: share internet with win xp Message-ID: <4008463F.70404@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <20040116193349.GB6326@gicco.homeip.net> References: <20040116183840.69234.qmail@web12821.mail.yahoo.com> <20040116193349.GB6326@gicco.homeip.net>
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Hanspeter Roth wrote: > On Jan 16 at 15:38, Carvalho Paulo spoke: > > > >> I do not want to change the connetion to the >>internet to the freebsd box. I like to leave it in the >>winxp box. >> >> > >This would require winxp to route. Is winxp able to route? FreeBSD >is. > > Yes. I'd use the FreeBSD machine as the gateway, but you can also use xp - this is in fact an xp question. But to be helpful: open the network and internet connections control panel on the xp machine, right click the dial-up networking account you use, choose "properties", select the tab marked "sharing" and enable internet sharing, and dial-on-demand if you wish. Your FreeBSD machine should be set to use dhcp for the network card. It'll work fine. If both machines have network cards, connect them via a hub or switch and use standard RJ45 cables, or plug them into each other directly with a crossover ethernet cable. A normal ethernet cable will not work. Reboot the FreeBSD machine, and it will get an address in the range 192.168.1.0/24 from the xp machine. It will be able to access the internet via the xp machine. PWR.
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