Sharing a network connection between SUSE and Windows desktops
I want to share Internet on a LAN connection. I have SUSE Linux installed on one PC and Windows XP on the other three PCs. I have a BSNL broadband connection on the SUSE Linux PC. The SUSE Linux PC has one network card. Please tell me how to share an Internet connection using SUSE Linux.
Software/Hardware used:
SUSE Linux, Windows XP
Software/Hardware used:
SUSE Linux, Windows XP
ASKED:
April 6, 2010 4:03 PM
UPDATED:
April 8, 2010 1:45 PM
Answer Wiki:
There is more than one way to do that.
You could do it with the help of iptables. Here's a guide (it is for debian but as it uses kernel's iptables I think it should work for any linux distribution).
<a href="http://www.aboutdebian.com/proxy.htm">How To Set Up A Linux Proxy Server</a>
Also, in SUSE you could use YaST which would make things easier. Take a look at this article:
<a href="http://opensuse.swerdna.org/suseics.html">Internet Connection Sharing (Linux IP Masquerading) with Suse or Windows Servers</a>
And, you could use squid or any other proxy server program with caching capabilities.
-CarlosDL
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Wouldn’t this still require an additional network card on the Linux machine?
“Wouldn’t this still require an additional network card on the Linux machine?”
Not necessarily a network ‘card’. It needs a network card to connect with other computers on the lan, and a connection to the outside, which could be a modem, usb adapter, or other type of internet connection.
Why bother with a share when you could throw in a small switch?
-Schmidtw
Try this link: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/33403125/-internet-connection-s.aspx
But honestly, you can siimple use YAST or make a “bonding”on your network card and use any proxy server.
If the DSL modem is just a modem, the switch will be not enough… But if it is an all-in-one modem/router/NAT-firewall/DHCP-server/DNS-proxy/switch/WiFi-AP – which many of them nowadays are (if not almost all), then even a switch is superfluous: 3 win boxes +1 linux box = 4 ports of the “modem”.