I do DHCP conections at home using a ethernet card, pluging directly at DSL
modem. At work, I simply plug the card at the cable of my LAN and get a
TCPIP conection from a PC (with WinPROX) conected in a DSL modem.
Alex
> From: Jim Hill <jimhill_at_swcp.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:41:47 -0700
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] MP 2100 & Internet w/o a Mac?
>
>
> Maybe someone out there can answer this (and maybe I'll find the answer
> to be plasing in my sight <grin>):
>
> At home, I have a LAN. I am connected to the 'net via a DSL connection.
> The connection is to a dual-ethernet-carded PC running Linux and doing
> all the firewall and NAT things. The card not connected to my wall jack
> is connected to a hub, off which is hanging a PowerBook G4. As a
> standalone device, I have an old LC III, which I can use to get software
> onto my recently-acquired MP 2100, including drivers for the ethernet
> card I just snagged off eBay for ten bucks and change.
>
> Is it possible, with an internet-software-loaded MP 2100, to do 'net
> things strictly as a DHCP client of the Linux box? I get a bad feeling
> that the answer is "No", because everything I've read about Newtons and
> Ethernets always seems to involve AppleTalk & a Mac at some point.
>
> Advice, solutions, and casual criticism is encouraged.
>
>
> Jim
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